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Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, copper medal, cast, unsigned, fleet of ships, some of which are capsizing, reverse heads of the Church and the State, blindfolded and seated in discussion, their feet on a spiked floor, 52mm (MI 144/111; E. 56). Very fine and attractively toned, rare

This is the first example to be seen in copper by the cataloguers. The casting would appear to be contemporary and is finely executed