Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

James II (1685-1688), SPANISH WRECK RECOVERED, 1687, a silver medal by G. Bower, conjoined busts of James II and Mary to right, he laureate, rev. the salvage operation, a small row-boat to the fore with Sir William Phipps’s ship, the Algier Rose, beyond, 55mm (MI I, 619/33; E 285; MH 71; Betts 67). Good extremely fine, attractively toned £2,000-2,500

The wreck depicted on the reverse of the medal is the Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, which sank off Santo Domingo