Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 292 | Auction date: 6 March 2024 |
Lot number: 178 Price realized: 460 GBP (Approx. 586 USD / 538 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals Hamerani, Gioacchino (Italian, 1761-1797); b. Rome ENGLAND, Death of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1788, a silver medal by G. Hamerani, bust of Prince Henry right in cardinal's robes, rev. Religion standing facing, holding bible and cross, lion at her feet, 53mm, 65.77g (Woolf 73:1a; BHM 282; BDM II, 399; E 823; cf. DNW 165, 1434). Usual light die flaws, trifling reverse rim nick at 7 o'clock, otherwise about extremely fine and toned £240-£300 --- Charles Edward Stuart (1720-88), aka the Young Pretender or Bonnie Prince Charlie, was the Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1766 as Charles III. |