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Anne, 1702-1714. Silver Medal 1710, 46.54 g. Battle of Almenara. By J. Croker. Bust, laureate and draped. ANNA . AVGVSTA. Rv. A heated cavalry engagement. PVGNA . EQVESTRIS. In exergue: HISPANIS . AD . ALMENARAM . VICT . IVLII . XVI . MDCCX. Plain edge. 48.3 mm. Eimer 445. MI ii 373/218. van Loon V, 157,1. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1710-1. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine. Feine Patina / Nice toning. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand / Flan flaw on edge.

From the auction Künker 50-53, Osnabrück, October 1999, lot 1996.

The Battle of Almenar, also referred to as Almenara, was a battle in the Iberian theatre of the War of the Spanish Succession. In June 1710, the Bourbon-Spanish army of Phillip V crossed into Catalonia in an attempt to capture Balaguer; an Allied force of British, Portuguese, Dutch and Austrian troops supporting Archduke Charles countered these moves and the two armies met in battle just to the north of Lleida on the afternoon of 27 July. Philip's army was defeated and forced to withdraw behind the Ebro but remained intact.