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1687 Recovery of Treasure St. Domingo B-67


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in Betts Medals (currently in collection)
London, 1687. Obverse features Busts of James II and Queen Mary. Obverse signed G B (George Bower). The reverse is a view almost as if looking through a telescope, of Sir William Phipps' treasure recovery vessel laying off the wreck of the Spanish treasure ship Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion. She has put out a longboat which has lowered a man over the side to work the wreck, parts of whose ribs can be seen protruding from the shoaling water. The enterprise is being conducted beneath a cloudless sky. The recovered treasure made Phipps ,earning him a knighthood, and George Monck, Duke of Albermarle. Some theorize that the silver used was from some of the recovered silver. Dies by George Bower. NGC MS-61.

Provenance:

  • Strathtay Collection

Item record created Jan. 14, 2009.
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item record in VRA Core 4.0

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