Death of the Duke of Marlborough, 1722, bronze medal by Georg Vestner, armoured bust right, IOHANNES CHVRCHIL. S.R.I.P. DVX DE MARLBOROVGH, rev. Victory, bearing two wreaths, advances right and tramples Mars and the skeleton of Death alike, MARS ALTER MARLBOROVGH DE MARTE ET MORTE TRIVMPHAT, in exergue, MDCCXXII, 49mm, 42.82g (Eimer 494, this medal; MI ii 459/67). Extremely fine with much original red lustre.

Provenance:
Eimer 494, this medal
Bought Sovereign Rarities, January 2023
Ex Claremont Collection of Historical Medals, DNW, 1/12/2021, lot 832