LOT 3576
France. Second Empire, Napoléon III AE Medal. Dated 1853. Commemorative issue of Construction of the Sarcophagus for Napoléon I in Les Invalides in Paris. Dies by E. A. Oudiné.
NAPOLEON III NAPOLEON I, jugate busts of Napoléon III, oak and laurel wreathed, and Napoléon I, laureate, to right; E•A•OUDINÉ•F• below / LA•FRANCE•ET•NAPOLEON•III•INAUGURENT LE•TOMBEAU•DE•L'EMPEREUR•NAPOLEON•I•MDCCCLIII•, France on the left holding laurel wreath in her hand and Emperor Napoléon III on the right with palm branch in his hand in front of Napoléon's I tomb at Les Invalides; the statue of Napoléon I holding sceptre and globe in the centre; below E.A.OUDINE.F and the River Seine reclining to left. Bramsen 2043. Extremely Fine.(205gr, 76mm, 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 Medal. 1860. Commemorative issue of Trade Treaty with England. Dies by L. Merley.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, laureate head to left, L. MERLEY. F. below / NAPOLÉON III REGNANT, Minerva uniting France and England, TRAITÉ DE COMMERCE AVEC L'ANGLETERRE. 23 JANVIER 1860 ENQUÊTE FAITE PAR LE CONSEIL SUPÉRIEUR DU COMMERCE M.PANTIN TALABOT★ L MERLEY F. in five lines in exergue. 93gr, 57mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. In original case.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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Great Britain. Ely Cathedral AE Medal. 1849. Dies by Joseph Davis in Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
WEST FRONT OF ELY CATHEDRAL, exterior view of the cathedral; DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO H:R:H: PRINCE ALBERT and J.DAVIS BIRMM. in three lines in exergue / WEST VIEW OF THE CHOIR. ELY CATHEDRAL., interior view of the cathedral. Cf. BHM 2368. 83gr, 60mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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Great Britain. Hanover, Time of George III Restrike AE Medal. Struck after an 1849 original. Royal mint. Commemorative Medal of 175th Anniversary of The Battle of Waterloo. Designs by Benedetto Pistrucci.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Conjoined laureate and draped busts left of the allied sovereigns: George III, King of Great Britain, Franz II, Emperor of Austria, Alexander I, Tsar of Russia, and Wilhelm III, King of Prussia; around, allegorical and mythological allusions to the Treaty of Peace, which resulted from the Battle of Waterloo: above, Apollo driving quadriga to left, restoring the day; to upper right, the rainbow Zephyr and Iris following to right; to upper left, Gemini indicating the month in which the battle occurred; to right, Hercules seated to right upon rock, suppressing the Furies within the Cimmerian caverns below; to left, Themis, the protector of the Just, seated to left; to lower left, the Fates spinning the future, indicating that human actions will be governed by Justice alone; below, Night, the mother of the Fates, receding into darkness / Two equestrian figures, in classical attire and with the features of the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard von Blücher, being guided to the battle by Victory; around, the Battle of the Giants, being silenced from above by the thunder of Jupiter, driving facing quadriga. Cf. BHM 870; Eimer 2166 (not listed in AE); cf. Bramsen 2317. 131gr, 63mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
