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№ 64 x

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23 November 2022

Hammer Price:
£3,800

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 1642, a cast and chased silver military reward, unsigned [probably by T. Rawlins], armoured bust almost facing, hand from heaven holding sword horizontally above head, the sword of the lord and of gydeon, rev. in the mvltitvde of covncellors there is peace, view of both Houses of Parliament, with King and Speaker, 39 x 31mm, 10.81g (Platt II, pp.81-2, type D [D1, this item]; MI I, 297/115). Good very fine with integral suspension loop £1,000-£1,200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Dr Jerome J. Platt Collection of 17th-Century Medals.

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Spink Auction 120, 9-10 July 1997, lot 327