LOT 3578
France. Second Empire, Napoléon III and Eugénie AE Medal. Struck 1855. CommemoratIve Medal of Exposition Universelle 1855 - Palais de l'industrie. Dies by Caqué and Wiener.
EUGÉNIE IMPÉRATRICE. NAPOLÉON III EMPEREUR, jugate heads of Napoléon and Eugénie to left; CAQUÉ. F. GRAVEUR DE S.M. L'EMPEREUR in two lines below / PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE, façade of the Palais de l'Industrie; JACQUES WIENER F: and PAVILLON DU NORD and GERVAIS ET CIE ÉDIT below. Collignon 1684. Near Extremely Fine.(133gr, 68mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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LOT 3578
France. Second Empire, Napoléon III and Eugénie AE Medal.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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France. Louis XIV AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1685 but struck in 1960's. Commemorative issue of construction of Pont Royal. Dies by Michel Molart and John (Jan) Roettiers.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
LUDOVICUS • MAGNUS • REX • CHRISTIANISSIMUS •, bare head to right, R below / VRBIS • ORNAMEN • ET COMMODO ★, downstream view of the Pont Royal on the Seine with the towers of Notre-Dame in the background; PONS • AD • LVPARAM ANN • M•DC•LXXXV• MOLART•F• in three lines in exergue. French Mint General Catalog 204-B. 182gr, 72mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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France. Consulat AE Medal. Dated 1802. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of the Treaty of Amiens. Dies by Romain-Vincent Jeuffroy.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
CAMBACERES SECOND CONSUL. BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL. LEBRUN TROISIEUME CONSUL., three busts to left, arranged vertically: Napoleon Bonaparte (top), Charles-François Lebrun (bottom left), and Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès (bottom right); JEUFFROY below / LE CORPS LÉGISLATIF AUX CONSULS DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. around, PAIX INTÉRIEURE, PAIX EXTÉRIEURE. in four lines; ARRÊTÉ DU 30 FLORÉAL AN X. 20 MAI M DCCC II. in three lines in exergue. Bramsen 218; Julius 1093. 142gr, 68mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
The Treaty of Amiens was signed between France and Britain, bringing a brief period of peace during the Napoleonic Wars. France regained its former colonies lost during the Revolution. The King of England renounced the title of King of France, which he had held since Edward III (1340). -
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Great Britain. Duke of Wellington WM Medal. 1852. Commemorative issue of Death of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. Dies by Thomas Ottley in Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
✶BRITISH VICTORIES IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN,& FRANCE✶1808 TO 1815 and DUKE OF WELLINGTON around bareheaded bust slightly to left; names and dates of victories rayed around: ROLIRA & VIMIERA AUG.17&21.1808; CORUNNA JAN.16.1808; OPORTO MAY 12.1808; TALAVERA JULY.27.1809; BUZACO SEP.27.1810; COIMBRA OCT.7.1810; BARROSA MAR.5.1811; PUENTE DE HONOR MAY.5.1811; ALMEIDA MAY.II.1811; ALBUHERA MAY.16.1811; ARROYO DEL MOLINO OCT.28.1811; GUIDAD RODRIGO JAN.19.1812; BADAJOS APRIL.6.1812; ALMARAZ MAY.19.1812; SALAMANCA JULY.22.1812; MADRID AUG.14.1812; CASTALLA MAY.12.1813; VITTORIA JUNE 21.1813; PYRENEES JULY 25.28.1813; ST SEBASTIAN SEP.9.1813; BIDDASSOA OCT.9.1813; PAMPELUNA OCT.31.1813; NEIVE DEC. 9.10.II.12.13.1813; ORTHES FEB.27.1814; TOULOUSE APRIL 10.1814; WATERLOO JUNE 18.1815 / IN MEMORY OF HIS OBSEQUIES AT ST. PAUL'S NOVEM.1852. above mourning Britannia seated to right, sarcophagus inscribed WELLINGTON DIED SEPT-R 14 1852 in three lines and AGED 83 in two lines, on plinth behind; all within wreath; OTTLEY BIRM. below. BHM 2499. 76gr, 64mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
