LOT 4244
France. Louis XVIII AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1821 but struck 1972. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of death of Napoléon I on St Helena. Dies by Albert de Jaeger.
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.(150gr, 69mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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LOT 4244
France. Louis XVIII AE Restrike Medal.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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United States of America. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Proof AR Medal. 20th century.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
JOHN F KENNEDY, bust of John F. Kennedy facing slightly to right / John Fitzgerald Kennedy standing, to the right of him a quote in slate lines: "...OF THOSE TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN MUCH IS REQUIRED" JOHN F. KENNEDY. 25.56gr, 38mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Duke of Wellington Platinum plated Bronze Medal. Dated 2015. Minted by Worcestershire Medal Service Ltd, medallist to H.M. The Queen. Commemorative issue of 200 years since Battle of Waterloo.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
FIELD MARSHALL ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON, head of Sir Arthur Wellesley to left; B·P· in small lettering beneath truncation / MDCCCXV - XVIII JUNI - MMXV WATERLOO, close up of the lion on top of the monument of Waterloo with in the background a view of the full monument. N 545623. 65gr inc. box, 45mm.
Brilliant Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. -
Great Britain, temp. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. RMS Queen Mary Maiden Voyage AE Medal. 1936. Royal Mint for Cunard White Star Line. Dies by Gilbert Bayes.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
View of the liner from the starboard bow under steam to right, with two dolphins swimming to right in waves in foreground; MARIA REGINA MARI ME COMMISIT in three lines below / QUEEN MARY, the New York skyline seen through the Bargate, Southampton, flanked by shields depicting the arms of the cities of New York to left on buttress, and Southampton to right, with arms of the Cunard Line on shield in lower central field supporting a banner with tassels at each end reading COMMISSIONED 1936. BHM 4282; Eimer 2036; Attwood, P., 'The Medals of Gilbert Bayes', The Numismatic Chronicle 152 (1992), pl. 26, 20. 276 grams total, 10.6 x 11 x 2.6 cm including case.
Extremely Fine. Boxed.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
