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. Louis XVI AE Medal. 19th century AD. Commemorative issue of the Life and Deeds of Louis XVI. Dies by Armand Auguste Caqué.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
LOUIS XVI ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE., bust to right; DE PUYMAURIN • D • CAQUE • F • below / NÉ 1754. ROI 1774. SUPPRESSION DES CORVÉES 1776. ALLIANCE AVEC LES ÉTATS UNIS 1778. ASSEMBLÉE DES NOTABLES 1787. ÉTATS GÉNÉRAUX 1789. ABOLITION DES PRIVILÈGES 1789. NOUVELLE CONSTITUTION 1790. MORT 1793. in fourteen lines. 63gr, 51mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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Great Britain. St Paul's Cathedral AE Medal. Struck circa 1852. Dies by J. Davis, Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, exterior view of the cathedral; NORTH_WEST VIEW LONDON in two lines and JOSH. DAVIS BIRMINGHAM in exergue / INTERIOR OF ST PAUL’S, interior view of the cathedral; THE NAVE AND CHOIR in exergue. BHM -; Eimer -. 93gr, 60mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Rare.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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France. First Empire, Napoléon I AE Medal. 19th century AD. Commemorative Medal for the birth of his son, as King of Rome. Designs by Tommaso Mercandetti.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
NAPOLEON FRANCORUM IMPERATOR ET ITALIAE REX ★, laureate head of Napoléon to left; T•MERCANDETTI•F•R•MDCCCX beneath truncation / XII•KAL•APRIL •MCCMXI, Mars, floating in a cloud, giving the child to Minerva, who is sitting in front of Trajan's Column inscribed: SENATVS.POP IMP. CAESAR TRAIANO. A MAX.TRIB. P. AD. DECLA MONS. ET. I.; at her side, Romulus, Remus and the she-wolf; above, eagle with spread wings holding olive branch in beak and thunderbolt in its talons, behind, the Colosseum on the left, the temple of Concordia inscribed: SQVE. ROMANVS VM. RESTITVIT in two lines on the right; ••••••••••••• AVREA CONDET SAECVLA QVIR VRSVS LATIO in two lines in exergue; ••T•MERCANDETTI•F•ROMAE••• below. Edge inscription: COPIE. Trésor de numismatique et de glyptique, p.98, pl.XLIX, n°10. 106gr, 65mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
