Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, silver Medal by van Bylaer, provenance to 1937 a very pretty coin

a very pretty coin

FIFTY DOLLS below

Gordian III (A

6h (BMC 34 (incorrectly described as laureate)

class 1b / class 2a mule (c

Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, silver Medal by van Bylaer, provenance to 1937 a very pretty coinElizabeth I, Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, struck silver medal by G. van Bylaer, Philip II of Spain, and the leaders of the Catholic Church and state, blindfolded, seated in discussion with their feet on a spiked floor, O. COECAS. HOMINVM. MENTES. O. PECTORA. COECA. [Oh the blind minds of men, oh the blind hearts], DVRVM. EST. CONTRA. STIMVLOS. CALCITRARE [It is hard to kick against goads], rev. the Spanish fleet, some foundering on rocks, TV.