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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France. Second Empire, Napoléon III AE Restrike Medal. Dated 12 June 1860. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of Annexation of Savoy and the County of Nice to France. Dies by Jean Lagrange.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, bare head to left; J.LAGRANGE below / ANNEXION DE LA SAVOIE ET DU CTE DE NICE A LA FRANCE, France, In the centre, uniting Savoy and the city of Nice; 12 JUIN 1860 and J.LAGRANGE in two lines in exergue. Cf. Collignon 1826. 210gr, 72mm, 12h.
Mint State.
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Great Britain. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Edward VII AE Medal. Dated 1901. Birmingham mint (Arthur Fenwick Limited). Commemorative issue of Accession of Edward VII.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
EDWARD VII KING & EMPEROR above, ER 1901 across fields, GOD SAVE THE KING below, crowned bust to left / TO COMMEMORATE THE ASCENSION OF H.[G.] M. EDWARD VII TO THE BRITISH THRONE • JANUARY 1901 •, crown above the shields of Empire & Great Britain, joined by clasped hands, between flowers and olive branch; RD.. 355487 and LONG MAY HE REIGN OVER US on ribbon below. BHM 3696; W&E 4004A2. 15.04gr, 38mm, 12h.
Uncirculated. Pierced. In original circular red box.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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Group of Sixteen [16] Medals. 19th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. 300gr 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.
