LOT 3564
France. Louis XIV AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1685 but struck in 1960's. Commemorative issue of construction of Pont Royal. Dies by Michel Molart and John (Jan) Roettiers.
LUDOVICUS • MAGNUS • REX • CHRISTIANISSIMUS •, bare head to right, R below / VRBIS • ORNAMEN • ET COMMODO ★, downstream view of the Pont Royal on the Seine with the towers of Notre-Dame in the background; PONS • AD • LVPARAM ANN • M•DC•LXXXV• MOLART•F• in three lines in exergue. French Mint General Catalog 204-B. Extremely Fine.(182gr, 72mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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Great Britain. Hanover, Field-marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington WM Medal. Triply dated 1 May 1769, 18 June 1815, and 14 September 1852. Birmingham mint. Commemorative issue of Death of the Duke of Wellington. Dies by Allen & Moore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON., bust to left wearing military uniform; ALLEN & MOORE. BIRMM. below / BRITANNIA MOURNS HER HERO NOW AT REST, sarcophagus inscribed WELLINGTON BORN MAY 1. 1769 DIED SEPR 14.1852 in five lines; Britannia mourning to left, lion recumbent below, Victory placing wreath to right; A&M and WATERLOO JUNE 18. 1815 in two lines below. Eimer, Wellington 143; BHM 2476; Lamas 138. 39gr, 51mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
France. Louis XVIII AE Medal. Dated 18 February 1803. Commemorative issue of Louis XVIII's refusal to abdicate in Warsaw in 1803. Dies by Andrieu.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
LVDOVICVS • XVIII FRANC • ET • NAV • REX, bare head to right; ANDRIEU F. on truncation; DE PUYMAURIN DIREXIT below / NEC • VIS • NEC • FALLACIA • ERIPIET •, the King repelling the Cunning and the Force; PACTIONES • ABDICANDI • REPVDIATAE VARSOVIAE • XVIII • FEBR • MDCCCIII in two lines below; ANDRIEU FECIT to right. Cf. Collignon 8. 65gr, 50mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Great Britain. York Cathedral WM Medal. 1855. Birmingham mint (Elkington & Co.). Dies by Jacob Wiener.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Exterior of the cathedral, YORK CATHEDRAL BUILT 630•642. BURNT 1069. REBUILT 1070. AGAIN BURNT 1137. RECONSTRUCTED 1171-1361. RESTORATION FINISHED 1832. and ELKINGTON & CO LONDON in seven lines in exergue, J.WIENER to left / Interior of the cathedral, J. WIENER BRUXELLES in exergue. BHM 2558; Eimer 1508. 86gr, 59mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

