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| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 343 | Auction date: 14 October 2025 |
| Lot number: 34 Price realized: 650 GBP (Approx. 864 USD / 746 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Collection of British Historical Medals formed by the late Ralph Kennedy George I, Death, 1727, a damascened copper medal by J. Dassier, laureate and draped bust right, rev. Britannia seated left, holding medallion of George II, 32mm, 17.84g (Eisler 172; MI II, 474/92; E 507; cf. DNW 199, 834). A couple of minor obverse edge nicks, otherwise very fine and with good gilding, rare £300-£400 --- George I died on 11 June 1727 (O.S.), 22 June 1727 (N.S.) |  |
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| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 343 | Auction date: 14 October 2025 |
| Lot number: 20 Price realized: 90 GBP (Approx. 120 USD / 103 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Collection of British Historical Medals formed by the late Ralph Kennedy Queen Anne's Bounty, 1704, a copper medal by J. Croker, laureate and draped bust left, rev. Queen presenting charter to kneeling clergy, 44mm, 33.21g (MI II, 251/43; E 404). Verdigris spot on obverse rim at 11 o'clock, otherwise about extremely fine, reverse better £100-£150 --- Queen Anne's Bounty was a scheme established in 1704 to augment the incomes of the poorer clergy of the Church of England, and by extension the organisation that administered the bounty. The bounty money was to be used to increase the income of livings yielding less than £80 a year |  |
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| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 343 | Auction date: 14 October 2025 |
| Lot number: 73 Price realized: 300 GBP (Approx. 399 USD / 344 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Collection of British Historical Medals formed by the late Ralph Kennedy George III, Death, 1820, a silver medal by T. Wyon Sr, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Elijah in chariot ascending to heaven, a group of people below, 40mm, 30.43g (BHM 1001; E 1122). Some light scuffing, otherwise very fine, reverse better, very rare in silver £100-£150 |  |
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| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 343 | Auction date: 14 October 2025 |
| Lot number: 5 Price realized: 420 GBP (Approx. 559 USD / 482 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Collection of British Historical Medals formed by the late Ralph Kennedy Peace of Breda [1667], a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Roettier], laureate and draped bust of Charles II right, rev. Britannia seated left on shore, holding spear and resting left hand on shield, ship to left, edge carolvs secvndvs pacis et imperii restitvtor avgvstvs, 57mm, 77.45g (MI I, 535/186; Pax 271; E 241). Some scuffing and surface marks, otherwise very fine, bright appearance £400-£500 --- The Peace of Breda was signed on 31 July 1667. It consisted of three separate treaties between England and each of its opponents in the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the Dutch republic, France and Denmark-Norway |  |
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| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 343 | Auction date: 14 October 2025 |
| Lot number: 4 Price realized: 550 GBP (Approx. 731 USD / 631 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Collection of British Historical Medals formed by the late Ralph Kennedy Battle of Lowestoft, 1665, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Roettier], laureate and draped bust of Charles II right, rev. King dressed as a Roman general standing at right, watching battle from the shore, 62mm, 94.16g (MI I, 503/139; v.L. II [Saunders/Vanhoudt] 1665-1; E 230). Good fine £500-£700 --- The Battle of Lowestoft took place on 13 June 1665 (N.S.). A fleet of over 100 ships of the United Provinces, commanded by Lt-Admiral Jacob van Wassenaer, attacked a British fleet of equal size commanded by James, Duke of York, 40 miles east of Lowestoft. Although it was a substantial English victory, the bulk of the Dutch fleet escaped |  |
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| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 343 | Auction date: 14 October 2025 |
| Lot number: 44 Price realized: 200 GBP (Approx. 266 USD / 229 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Collection of British Historical Medals formed by the late Ralph Kennedy State of England, 1750, a copper medal by J.A. Dassier, laureate and armoured bust of George II left, rev. seated Britannia regarding Mercury, who pours out an abundant cornucopia, 55mm, 72.55g (Eisler 297; MI II, 658/363; E 630). About extremely fine £100-£150 |  |
