LOT 3575
France. Second Empire, Napoléon III and Eugénie AE Medal. Circa 1855-1860. Paris mint. Dies by Albert-Désiré Caqué.
NAPOLÉON III EMPEREUR, bare head of Napoleon III to left, CAQUÉ. F. below / EUGÉNIE IMPÉRATRICE; head of Empress Eugénie to left, CAQUÉ. F. below. Extremely Fine.(60gr, 50mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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LOT 3575
France. Second Empire, Napoléon III and Eugénie AE Medal.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Great Britain. Salisbury Cathedral WM Medal. Circa 1830. Published by Bennett.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Exterior view of the cathedral, SALISBURY CATHEDRAL and BENNETT. DIREX. in three lines in exergue / Interior of the cathedral, THE CHOIR OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL in three lines in exergue; BENNETT DIREX. to right. BHM 1469; Taylor 10a. 41gr, 50mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
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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.
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France. Louis XIV AE Medal. Dated 1676. Commemorating issue of the defeat of the Dutch and Spanish fleets at Palermo. Dies by Michel Molart.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
LVDOVICVS • MAGNVS • REX • CHRISTIANISSIMVS •, bare head to right; R below / DELETA HOSTIVM CLASSE, Victory standing to left on galley to right, holding wreath with her right hand and palm branch with her left; on the stern two cupids holding globe bearing the lilies of France; in the background galleys on fire or sinking, one of which flies a Dutch flag; VICTORIA PANORMITANA M•DC•LXXVI•(date) MOLART•F• in three lines in exergue. 157gr, 72mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
