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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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. -
France. First Empire, Napoléon I AE Medal. Dated 18 June 1815. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of the Battle of Mont Saint Jean (Waterloo). Dies by Petit F. Denon, mintmaster.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, laureate head to right / The Victory, holding palm branch in her right hand, fllying to right above battlefield littered with debris from weapons of all kinds, on which a broken tree has collapsed; BATAILLE DU MONT S.T JEAN XVIII JUIN MDCCCXV in two lines and PETIT F. below; DENON INV. to right. Bremsen 1637. 79gr, 51mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Group of Sixteen [16] Medals, Coins and Tokens. 20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals etc; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. 130gr 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.

