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France. Second Empire, Napoléon III AE Restrike Medal. Dated 12 June 1860. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of Annexation of Savoy and the County of Nice to France. Dies by Jean Lagrange.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, bare head to left; J.LAGRANGE below / ANNEXION DE LA SAVOIE ET DU CTE DE NICE A LA FRANCE, France, In the centre, uniting Savoy and the city of Nice; 12 JUIN 1860 and J.LAGRANGE in two lines in exergue. Cf. Collignon 1826. 210gr, 72mm, 12h.
Mint State.
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France. Second Empire, Napoléon III and Eugénie AE Medal. Struck 1855. CommemoratIve Medal of Exposition Universelle 1855 - Palais de l'industrie. Dies by Caqué and Wiener.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
EUGÉNIE IMPÉRATRICE. NAPOLÉON III EMPEREUR, jugate heads of Napoléon and Eugénie to left; CAQUÉ. F. GRAVEUR DE S.M. L'EMPEREUR in two lines below / PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE, façade of the Palais de l'Industrie; JACQUES WIENER F: and PAVILLON DU NORD and GERVAIS ET CIE ÉDIT below. Collignon 1684. 133gr, 68mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
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France. Fifth Republic AE Restrike Medal. 20th century AD. Commemorative issue of City d'Ajaccio and Napoléon Bonaparte. Dies by Marcel Courbier.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
VILLE D'AJACCIO, bust of Napoléon Bonaparte to left; COURBIER before / View of part of the city of Ajaccio and the sea, with the city's coat-of-arms and the silhouette of the Napoleonic eagle on the centre. Cf. CMP, Vol.4, p.467 E. 255gr, 76mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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France. Charles X AE Medal. 19th century AD. Commemorative Medal of the Life and Deeds of Charles X. Design by Armand-Auguste Caqué.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
CHARLES X ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE, bust of Charles X to left, CAQUÉ · F. to lower right / CHARLES X. 71EME. RÈGNE. FILS DE LOUIS. DAUPHIN DE FRANCE. NÉ 1757. ROI 1824. BATAILLE DE NAVARIN 1824. PRISE D'ALGER 1830. ABDICATION 1830. MORT A GORITZ 1836. in eleven lines. 76gr, 51mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
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France. Fifth Republic AE Medal. 1982. Dies by Jp Réthoré.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Map of France showing the coats-of-arms of all regions / FRANCE TERROIRS DIVERS NATION UNE in three lines. 365gr, 88mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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France. Ile de la Cite AE Medal. 20th century AD. Dies by Pierre Turin.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Slightly elevated view of Pont Neuf, San Chapelle and two towers of Notre-Dame; P.TURIN below / Blank. 144gr, 68mm.
Extremely Fine.
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Portugal. Napoléon I AE Medal. 20th century AD. Commemorative issue of the Coronation of Napoléon I, from an 1807 painting by Jaques-Louis David, Napoléon's I official painter. Dies by A.Ribeiro and Armindo Viseu.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Bust of Jaques-Louis David facing slightly to left; LUIZ DAVID-PINTOR 1742 1825 in three lines to upper left; A RIBEIRO ARMINDO VISEU to lower right / The coronation of Napoléon I; Napoleão and A VISEU below. 132gr, 71mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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Russian Empire. Alexander II AU Restrike Rouble. Dated 1859 (restrike). Saint Petersburg mint. Commemorative issue in memory of the unveiling of the monument to Emperor Nicholas I in St. Petersburg. Dies by A. Lyalin and V. Alexeev.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
НИКОЛАИ I ИМПЕРАТОРЪ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОССІИC, bare head of Emperor Nikolai I to left; А. ЛЯЛИН. on truncation / ПОВЕЛ. ИМПЕР. АЛЕКСАНДРА II ВСЕЯ РОССІИ САМОДЕРЖЦА and ИЮНЯ 25 ДНЯ 1859 ГОДА, monument to Nikolai I in St. Petersburg; ✶ РУБЛЬ ✶ below. Cf. Bitkin 567 (silver). 16.80gr, 35mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
Reproduction of an AR Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I Soter. 20th century AD. Imitating Memphis mint, in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, rose to left, ΔI-O beneath throne. For protoype: Price 3971; Müller 124. 13.70gr, 25mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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Commonwealth AR 'Unite' Reproduction. 20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
• THE COMMONWEALTH • OF • ENGLAND • , arms within wreath and 'sun' mintmark / • GOD • WITH • VS • 1651, double arms with • XX • mark of value above. SCBC 3208 (for host coin). 11.47gr, 33mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
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Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling Museum Reproduction. 20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dated 1743. London mint. GEORGIUS • II • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate and draped bust to left / M • B • F • ET • H • REX • F • D • B • ET • L • D • S • R • I • A • T • ET • E, crowned cruciform shields around central Garter star, roses in angles; date above. SCBC 3702 (for the host coin). 2.48gr, 25mm, 6h. (The genuine coin weighs c.5.85gr.)
Extremely Fine.
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Civil War, Charles I Pontefract Besieged AR Museum Reproduction. 20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
DVM: SPIRO: SPERO around crowned Royal cypher / PC above image of Pontefract Castle, hand holding sword to right side, 1648 date below, on a round flan. KM# 380, SCBC 3148 (for the host coin). 7.91gr, 31mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
