LOT 3720
Commemorative Medal Celebrating Admiral Vernon’s Capture of Portobello 18th century A.D.
Obverse with low-relief figure holding a telescope and legend to the border 'The British Glory Reviv'd By Admiral Ver[n]on'; reverse with eight ships in a harbour, legend to the border 'He Took Porto Be[ll]o With [...]'; rim chipped; with old dealer's ticket. 1 1/2 in. (12.66 grams, 37 mm).
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.
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LOT 3720
Commemorative Medal Celebrating Admiral Vernon’s Capture of Portobello
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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France. Second Empire, Napoléon III AE Medal. Dated 1853. Commemorative issue of Construction of the Sarcophagus for Napoléon I in Les Invalides in Paris. Dies by E. A. Oudiné.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
NAPOLEON III NAPOLEON I, jugate busts of Napoléon III, oak and laurel wreathed, and Napoléon I, laureate, to right; E•A•OUDINÉ•F• below / LA•FRANCE•ET•NAPOLEON•III•INAUGURENT LE•TOMBEAU•DE•L'EMPEREUR•NAPOLEON•I•MDCCCLIII•, France on the left holding laurel wreath in her hand and Emperor Napoléon III on the right with palm branch in his hand in front of Napoléon's I tomb at Les Invalides; the statue of Napoléon I holding sceptre and globe in the centre; below E.A.OUDINE.F and the River Seine reclining to left. Bramsen 2043. 205gr, 76mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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Group of Fourteen [14] Medals and Tokens. 19th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. 187gr total.
Condition as shown.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
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Great Britain. St Paul's Cathedral WM Medal. Circa after 1840. Dies by J. Davis, Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, perspective view of the cathedral from the northwest; NORTH_WEST VIEW LONDON and JOSH. DAVIS BIRMINGHAM in two lines in exergue / INTERIOR OF ST PAUL'S, interior view of the nave and choir; THE NAVE AND CHOIR in exergue. BHM -; Eimer -. 100gr, 60mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
