拍品 62
62
Successes of the Allies in Spain and Brabant, 1706, Silver, Lozenge-shaped, 29 mm, by G. Friedrich, struck in Nuremberg, a radiant sun with a human face, wearing the crown of Spain, the crowns of the H.R.E., England and Holland around, in German: (WITH GOD, BY MARLBOROUGH, OVERKIRK, GALWAY, AND LEAKE, IT SHALL AGAIN SHINE ABROAD), rev., the sun eclipsed, in each corner an inscription describing military victories in Barcelona, Madrid , Brabant and Ramilles (Tirlemont), below a drooping lily (MI ii, 290/100), practically as struck, toned, very rare
Successes of the Allies in Spain and Brabant, 1706, Silver, Lozenge-shaped, 29 mm, by G. Friedrich, struck in Nuremberg, a radiant sun with a human face, wearing the crown of Spain, the crowns of the H.R.E., England and Holland around, in German: (WITH GOD, BY MARLBOROUGH, OVERKIRK, GALWAY, AND LEAKE, IT SHALL AGAIN SHINE ABROAD), rev., the sun eclipsed, in each corner an inscription describing military victories in Barcelona, Madrid , Brabant and Ramilles (Tirlemont), below a drooping lily (MI ii, 290/100), practically as struck, toned, very rare

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Successes of the Allies in Spain and Brabant, 1706, Silver, Lozenge-shaped, 29 mm, by G. Friedrich, struck in Nuremberg, a radiant sun with a human face, wearing the crown of Spain, the crowns of the H.R.E., England and Holland around, in German: (WITH GOD, BY MARLBOROUGH, OVERKIRK, GALWAY, AND LEAKE, IT SHALL AGAIN SHINE ABROAD), rev., the sun eclipsed, in each corner an inscription describing military victories in Barcelona, Madrid , Brabant and Ramilles (Tirlemont), below a drooping lily (MI ii, 290/100), practically as struck, toned, very rare
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The sun imagery on this medal refers to the coincidence of the relief of Barcelona and the flight of Philip V and his army and an eclipse of the sun at the moment of their departure. The solar motif being a direct reference to the 'Sun King', Louis XIV.