LOT 3579
France. Fifth Republic AE Restrike Medal. 20th century AD. Commemorative issue of City d'Ajaccio and Napoléon Bonaparte. Dies by Marcel Courbier.
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. Extremely Fine.(255gr, 76mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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France. Time of Louis Philippe I AE Medal. Dated 1838. Commemorative Medal of the Life and Deeds of Napoléon I. Designs by Armand Auguste Caqué.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR DES FRANÇAIS ROI D'ITALIE, bust to right, in military uniform; CAQUÉ. F. 1838 below / NÉ 1769. CONSUL 1799. EMPEREUR 1804. MILAN, TURIN, LE CAIRE, ROME, NAPLES, VIENNE, AMSTERDAM, BERLIN, MADRID, LISBONNE, VARSOVIE, MOSCOU. CODE CIVIL 1804. ABDICATION 1814. ILE D'ELBE 1815. STE HELENE. MORT EN 1821. in twelve lines. Bramsen 1975; Julius 3982. 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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France. Louis XIV AE Medal. Dated 1676. Commemorating issue of the defeat of the Dutch and Spanish fleets at Palermo. Dies by Michel Molart.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
LVDOVICVS • MAGNVS • REX • CHRISTIANISSIMVS •, bare head to right; R below / DELETA HOSTIVM CLASSE, Victory standing to left on galley to right, holding wreath with her right hand and palm branch with her left; on the stern two cupids holding globe bearing the lilies of France; in the background galleys on fire or sinking, one of which flies a Dutch flag; VICTORIA PANORMITANA M•DC•LXXVI•(date) MOLART•F• in three lines in exergue. 157gr, 72mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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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.
