SINCONA British Collection - Part 6
(British Gold and Silver Medals)
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Anne, 1702-1714. Silver Medal 1710, 45.21 g. Capture of Douay. By J. Croker. Bust, laureate and draped. ANNA AVGVSTA. Rv. Victory attaches a shield, inscribed SALVS PROVIN, to column standing amongst trophies; beyond, enemy in flight. VALLO . GALLORVM . DIRVTO. In exergue: ET . DVACO . CAPTO . MDCCX. Plain edge. 48 mm. Eimer 443. MI ii 369/213. van Loon V, 165,1. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1710-10. Fast vorzüglich / About Extremely Fine. Graffito auf dem Rand / Graffito on edge.
Purchased from Coincraft, London, September 1997, lot RC1074.
The siege of Douai, which lasted from 22 April 1710 until the capitulation of the garrison on 25 June 1710 was part of the Allied Campaign of 1710 in the War of the Spanish Succession.
The dies of the obverses of the specimens in silver and copper slightly vary.