Lot 464

A SILVER TOUCH PIECE OF CARDINAL YORK, KING HENRY IX
F. HAMERANI, CIRCA 1788




Auction: Day Two | Thursday 20 August from 10am | Lots 199 - 555
Description
Obverse three masted sailing ship, reverse, St. Michael slaying the dragon, borders with radial lines between two circles
Dimensions
21.5mm diameter
Provenance
Collection of Laura Miroballa, Rome 2025
Private Collection of a Gentleman
Footnote
Literature: Woolf, N., 'The Medallic Record of the Jacobite Movement', item1 74:1
The last recorded Royal Touching ceremony was conducted by Cardinal York 1808



