LOT 3577
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.
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. Mint State.(210gr, 72mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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Napoleon AE Commemorative Medal. 1804.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Laureate head facing left; around, NEAPOLIO IMPERATOR; below neck, GALLE FECIT / the emperor in ancient Roman armour seated on an elevated platform facing right; in his left hand the staff of royalty surmounted by the eagle of France; on right, the city of Pari wearing turreted crown facing Napoleon, arms extended; behind her, on the right, an antique ship, with a Cupid holding the rudder; his head is turned to look at a star bearing the letter N placed on the upper field; around above, TVTELA PRAESENS; in exergue, EPVLVM SOLLEMNE / IMPERATORIS IN CVRIA / VRBANA . FRIM . A . XIII. ; at sides of exergue line, names of the artists, PRUDMON DEL. JEUFFROY FEC. Edge Description Stamped: (Cornucopia) BRONZE. Laskey XLIII [Book] Laskey, J.C. Medals Struck at the National Medal Mint by Order of Napoleon Bonaparte, pp. 82-83. 164gr, 68mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
On the 16th of January, 1804, the city of Paris gave a splendid entertainment at the Hôtel de Ville to the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Josephine. At this entertainment, Napoleon, in his address to VI. Frochet, the Prefect of the City, assured him, "That he had always entertained, and will preserve, a particular affection for his good city of Paris." This medal was struck to perpetuate the event of this grand entertainment. " This example of the medal was struck at the Paris mint between 1880 and 1901 from the original dies. -
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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. St Paul's Cathedral AE Medal. Struck circa 1852. Dies by J. Davis, Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, exterior view of the cathedral; NORTH_WEST VIEW LONDON in two lines and JOSH. DAVIS BIRMINGHAM in exergue / INTERIOR OF ST PAUL’S, interior view of the cathedral; THE NAVE AND CHOIR in exergue. BHM -; Eimer -. 93gr, 60mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Rare.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
