Indian Peace Medals
1814 George III Indian Peace Medal. Silver. Smallest Size. Adams 14.2. (Obverse 2, Reverse A). Adams Census Specimen-7. Choice Very Fine.
37.3 mm. 530.9 grains. Original hanger lost. Obverse die signed T. WYON.JUN:S:. Obv: older mantled bust of George III, right. Rev: the royal arms and supporters, date below. A neat piercing where the original hanger had been, with faint circular wear pattern around. Lovely medium gray surfaces with soft blue, lavender and gold iridescence in the fields. No serious marks of any kind. This is the plate medal in Adams, but the captions for his #14.1 and #14.2 are mixed up in the plates. This is the signed obverse die, with the upper leaves of George’s laurel wreath pointing to TI of GRATIA, as described in the Adams text for 14.2. On the reverse arms, the upper leg of the lion crosses over only half of the S of SOIT. The Adams Census included just nine examples of this medal. Four of those are in institutional collections and of those remaining, one is reported to be a trial piece in lead that was not seen directly by Adams. Clearly, this is a great rarity.
Ex Glendining, November 1988, lot 299; John W. Adams, Stack’s, January 2009, lot 5042.
Estimate: $8000