Rebels Retreat to Scotland, 1745, copper Medal by Kirk, ex Woolf, Stucker and Claremont nice portrait

nice portrait

Securitas seated

first year of Sydney mint Shield Sovereign

frozen yr 45 [1831-3]

black streak of tone across bust

Rebels Retreat to Scotland, 1745, copper Medal by Kirk, ex Woolf, Stucker and Claremont nice portraitRebels Retreat to Scotland, 1745, copper medal by John Kirk, laureate, armoured and draped bust of George II left, GEORGIUS II D G REX, rev. Truth seated on cloud, holding palm branch and Bible, Hydra of rebellion, with heads representing the Pope, Devil, Pretender, cardinal, bishop and Louis XV, prostrate at her feet, 31mm (Woolf 53: 2; MI ii, 608 269; E [see note to no. 601]). Extremely fine, and rare.