LOT 3570
France. Louis XVIII AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1821 but struck later. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of death of Napoléon I on St Helena. Dies by B. Andrieu.
Laureate head to right within wreath of alternating laurel and oak leaves, wrapped with a ribbon on which RIVOLI PYRAMIDES MARENGO LUNÉVILLE AMIENS CODES LEG. ON • D'HON AUSTERLITZ JENA TILSIT SIMPLON WAGRAM is inscribed / IL MOURUT SUR UN ROCHER., view of the island of Saint Helena in the middle of the sea, with ship on each side and the setting sun in the background, above, eagle is flying to right, head to left, carrying palm branch; ÎLE STE. HELENE. 5 MAI 1821. in two lines in exergue. Cf. Collignon 1564; cf. Bramsen 1844; cf. Julius 3715. Extremely Fine.(153gr, 68mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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Portugal. Napoléon I AE Medal. 20th century AD. Commemorative issue of the Coronation of Napoléon I, from an 1807 painting by Jaques-Louis David, Napoléon's I official painter. Dies by A.Ribeiro and Armindo Viseu.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Bust of Jaques-Louis David facing slightly to left; LUIZ DAVID-PINTOR 1742 1825 in three lines to upper left; A RIBEIRO ARMINDO VISEU to lower right / The coronation of Napoléon I; Napoleão and A VISEU below. 132gr, 71mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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France. First Republic, Napoléon I Bonaparte, as Premier Consul AE Medal. Dated Year 8 (AD 1800). Commemorating issue of the Battle of Marengo. Dies by Lavy, reverse after painting by Appiani.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
BONAPARTE PRIMVS CONSVL, bare head to left; LAVY beneath truncation, ANNO VIII· below / XII· MVNITISSIMIS OPPIDIS VNA DIE AD DEDITIONEM COACTIS, Hercules standing to right and raising Italy seated to left next to dead tree, Victory inscribing HOSTIBVS PROPE MARENGVM FVSIS on shield behind and sun rising in the distance with the star of Napoléon at its centre; A·APP·INV· L·F· to left and right on ground line, RESPVBLICA CISALPINA RESTITVTA in two lines in exergue. Bramsen 42. 76gr, 53mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
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Great Britain. Salisbury Cathedral WM Medal. Circa 1830. Published by Bennett.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Exterior view of the cathedral, SALISBURY CATHEDRAL and BENNETT. DIREX. in three lines in exergue / Interior of the cathedral, THE CHOIR OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL in three lines in exergue; BENNETT DIREX. to right. BHM 1469; Taylor 10a. 41gr, 50mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
