LOT 3565
France. Louis XIV WM Medal. 1638-1715. Commemorative of the Life and Deeds of Louis XIV. Dies by De Puymaurin and Caqué.
LOUIS XIIII ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE, laureate and armored bust to right; DE PUYMAURIN D and CAOUE F below / LOUIS XIV SURNOME LE GRAND. above, 65EME. ROI. FILS DE LOUIS XIII. NÉ 1638. ROI 1643. ABOLITION DU DUEL 1679. RÉVOCATION DE L'ÉDIT DE NANTES 1685. PHILIPPE V, ROI D'ESPAGNE 1700. PAIX GÉNÉRALE 1715 in ten lines, MORT 1715. below. Cf. N146561. Extremely Fine.(82gr, 51mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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The British Numismatic Society Silver Centenary Medal. 2003.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
The British Numismatic Society Silver Centenary Medal.boxed with certificate of authenticity no.0047. 142gr total.
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From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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France. Second Empire, Napoléon III AE Medal. 1855. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of the Crimean War. Dies by J. Totter.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, bare head to left, J. TOTTER F. below / EMPRUNT DE 750 MILLIONS LOI DU 14 JUILLET 1855.; allegorical scene showing Victory hovering above seated female figures representing Commerce, Finance and Industry, SOUSCRIPTIONS 3,652,000,000 SOUSCRIPTEURS 317,000 in four lines on central panel; in exergue, M.P. MAGNE MINISTRE DES FINANCES J. TOTTER F. in three lines. Page-Divo/Divo 264. 169gr, 72mm, 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. Duke of Wellington WM Medal. 1852. Commemorative issue of Death of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. Dies by Thomas Ottley in Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
✶BRITISH VICTORIES IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN,& FRANCE✶1808 TO 1815 and DUKE OF WELLINGTON around bareheaded bust slightly to left; names and dates of victories rayed around: ROLIRA & VIMIERA AUG.17&21.1808; CORUNNA JAN.16.1808; OPORTO MAY 12.1808; TALAVERA JULY.27.1809; BUZACO SEP.27.1810; COIMBRA OCT.7.1810; BARROSA MAR.5.1811; PUENTE DE HONOR MAY.5.1811; ALMEIDA MAY.II.1811; ALBUHERA MAY.16.1811; ARROYO DEL MOLINO OCT.28.1811; GUIDAD RODRIGO JAN.19.1812; BADAJOS APRIL.6.1812; ALMARAZ MAY.19.1812; SALAMANCA JULY.22.1812; MADRID AUG.14.1812; CASTALLA MAY.12.1813; VITTORIA JUNE 21.1813; PYRENEES JULY 25.28.1813; ST SEBASTIAN SEP.9.1813; BIDDASSOA OCT.9.1813; PAMPELUNA OCT.31.1813; NEIVE DEC. 9.10.II.12.13.1813; ORTHES FEB.27.1814; TOULOUSE APRIL 10.1814; WATERLOO JUNE 18.1815 / IN MEMORY OF HIS OBSEQUIES AT ST. PAUL'S NOVEM.1852. above mourning Britannia seated to right, sarcophagus inscribed WELLINGTON DIED SEPT-R 14 1852 in three lines and AGED 83 in two lines, on plinth behind; all within wreath; OTTLEY BIRM. below. BHM 2499. 76gr, 64mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
