LOT 3572
France. Louis XVIII AE Medal. Dated 1815. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of Tomb of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Dies by Jean-Bertrand Andrieu.
LVDOVICVS • XVIII FRANC • ET • NAV • REX, bare head to right; ANDRIEU F• on truncation, DE PUYMAURIN DIREXIT below / CORP. LUD. XVI. M. ANT. CONJ. REG. SEPU. REDDITA, the tomb of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, surmounted by the crown of France, under a fleur-de-lis drape, flanked by Piety and Religion, in tears; PIETAS FRATERNA. 1815 and DE PUYMAURIN D. in three lines in exergue. Cf. Collignon 47. Near Extremely Fine.(43gr, 50mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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France. Second Empire, Napoléon III and Eugénie AE Medal. Struck 1855. CommemoratIve Medal of Exposition Universelle 1855 - Palais de l'industrie. Dies by Caqué and Wiener.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
EUGÉNIE IMPÉRATRICE. NAPOLÉON III EMPEREUR, jugate heads of Napoléon and Eugénie to left; CAQUÉ. F. GRAVEUR DE S.M. L'EMPEREUR in two lines below / PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE, façade of the Palais de l'Industrie; JACQUES WIENER F: and PAVILLON DU NORD and GERVAIS ET CIE ÉDIT below. Collignon 1684. 133gr, 68mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Group of Sixteen [16] Medals and Tokens. 20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. 169gr total.
Condition as shown.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George IV Silvered WM Medal. Dated 1821 (in Roman numerals). Birmingham mint. Commemorative issue of George IV Coronation July 19th 1821 at Westminster Abbey. Dies by Thomas Halliday. and P. Kempson & Son.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
GEORGIUS IV . D : G : BRITT : REX F : D :, laureate head to left; H on truncation, P.K. & S. DIREX. below / Coronation scene: George enthroned facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand and sceptre in left, resting right foot on stool, being crowned by two dignitaries, with two additional flanking; GEO : IV . CORONAT : MMDCCXXI. in two lines in exergue. BHM 1073; Eimer -; Fearon 272.2. 52gr, 48mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

