LOT 4562
France. First Empire, Napoléon I AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1816, but struck after circa 1880. Commemorative issue on the Exile of Napoléon I on St Helena, Milano.
NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE, laureate head of Napoléon I to right, nine stars forming crown above, laurel branch and palm branch tied together below, broken wheel of Fortune to lower left / NON DI LUI MA DI CHI LO TRADI IMAGO, Prometheus chained to rock, vulture gnawing at his body; 1816 below. Cf. Bramsen 1785; cf. Julius 3580. Extremely Fine.(225gr, 77mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK coin market.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4562
France. First Empire, Napoléon I AE Restrike Medal.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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France. Louis XIV, AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1690 but struck later.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
LVDOVICVS MAGNVS REX CHRISTIANISS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, R below / MERSA ET FVGATA ANGLORVM ET BATAV CLASSE, Victory, with the laurel wreath in her right hand and a palm branch in her left, stands on the French ship amid the wreckage of enemy ships; AD ORAS ANGLIAE M DC XC in exergue. 158gr, 73mm, 12h.
Mint State.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
France. First Empire, Napoléon I AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1816, but struck after circa 1880. Commemorative issue on the Exile of Napoléon I on St Helena, Milano.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE, laureate head of Napoléon I to right, nine stars forming crown above, laurel branch and palm branch tied together below, broken wheel of Fortune to lower left / NON DI LUI MA DI CHI LO TRADI IMAGO, Prometheus chained to rock, vulture gnawing at his body; 1816 below. Cf. Bramsen 1785; cf. Julius 3580. 225gr, 77mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Seven [7] AE and AR Medals and Coins. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: mixed rulers and issues. 59.97gr total, 15-43mm.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
