LOT 4240
France. Premier République, Consulat AE Medal. Dated Medal Year 8 (AD 1800). Paris mint. Commemorative issue of the Battle of Marengo. Designs by N. Brenet and H. Auguste.
BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REP. FRANÇE around, BATAILLE DE MARENGO 25 ET 26 PRAIRIAL AN 8, bare bust of Napoléon I to left; all within laurel wreath / LE PREMIER CONSUL COMMANDANT L'ARMÉE DE RÉSERVE EN PERSONNE: ENFANS RAPPELLEZ-VOUS QUE MON HABITUDE EST DE COUCHER SUR LE CHAMP DE BATAILLE in nine lines. Bramsen 38; Julius 796; Zeitz 13. NGC graded MS 62 BN (#2141910-001).(290 grams total, 16.5 cm including case.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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. -
United States of America. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Proof AR Medal. 20th century.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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. -
France. Premier République, Consulat AE Medal. Dated Medal Year 8 (AD 1800). Paris mint. Commemorative issue of the Battle of Marengo. Designs by N. Brenet and H. Auguste.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REP. FRANÇE around, BATAILLE DE MARENGO 25 ET 26 PRAIRIAL AN 8, bare bust of Napoléon I to left; all within laurel wreath / LE PREMIER CONSUL COMMANDANT L'ARMÉE DE RÉSERVE EN PERSONNE: ENFANS RAPPELLEZ-VOUS QUE MON HABITUDE EST DE COUCHER SUR LE CHAMP DE BATAILLE in nine lines. Bramsen 38; Julius 796; Zeitz 13. 290 grams total, 16.5 cm including case.
NGC graded MS 62 BN (#2141910-001).
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
