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Medals

Reference:5622 Birth of Prince James Edward Stuart, 1688

The naked figure of Truth stands leaning against an open cupboard door, inscribed IAC: FRANC> EDUARD: SUPPOSIT: 20 IUNII 1688, revealing a Jesuit supporting a cushion upon which sits the Prince crowning himself. /

A Trojan horse standing to left; open landscape beyond.

By Jan Smeltzing.

Silver. 58 mm.

Condition: Extremely Fine

Notes:

A scarce medal in unusually fine condition, particulary for a large seventeenth-century issue in silver; and with very pleasing toning.

References:

Medallic Illustrations i, 630/52; Cochran-Patrick 50/6; E. 191; Woolf 3:3.