Token Design for the Royal Treasury: CRESCENT HOC SYDERE FRUCTUS
1739
Artists
Description
The sun in the form of the laureate head of Apollo shines over a grove of palms, and three laurel trees.
Dimensions
diameter: 21.4 cm (8 7/16 in.)
Provenance
Cyril Humphris, London, Sotheby's, New York, 1995. Sale, , January 10, 1995, lot 64. Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, purchased from Sotheby's, New York, 1995, sold to HUAM, 2000. (On long-term loan to HUAM, 1995-2000)
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