LOT 3560
France. Time of Louis Philippe I AE Medal. Dated 1830 (but struck circa 1840). Paris mint. Commemorative issue of return of Napoléon's I coffin to Paris. Designs by Jean-Pierre Montagny.
HIST. DE LA REVOLUTION. DE L'EMPIRE DE LA RESTAURATION ET DE LA MON. DE 1830., laureate head to right; PUBLIÉ PAR POURRAT FRÈRES A PARIS. in two lines below / The arrival of Napoléon I's ashes at Les Invalides: Soldiers, bearing the coffin of Napoléon, mounting stairs to right to platform strewn with wreathes upon which stands France left, holding sceptre, garland, palm fronds and olive branch; behind, Genius stands facing, head to left, holding reversed torch, wreath, and tablet decorated with monogram of Napoleon and set on cippus decorated with winged hour glass; garlanded ground line below; in background to left, Hardouin-Mansart's Dome of Les Invalides, to right, the Belle Poule (the frigate that brought Napoléon's remains back from Saint Helena); above, Napoléon on eagle with radiance behind; MONTAGNY FECIT. below. Collignon 1233; Bramsen 1986. Near Extremely Fine.(78gr, 52mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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Group of Sixteen [16] Medals and Tokens 19th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. 118gr 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. -
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Great Britain. Lincoln Cathedral WM Medal. Circa after 1845. Dies by J. Davis, Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
INTERIOR OF LINCOLN CATHEDRAL, interior view of the cathedral / Exterior view of the cathedral, LINCOLN CATHEDRAL DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT and J.DAVIS. MEDALLIST. BIRMM. in four lines in exergue. Cf. BHM 2371; Taylor 7a. 90gr, 60mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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France. Fifth Republic AE Restrike Medal. 20th century AD. Commemorative issue of City d'Ajaccio and Napoléon Bonaparte. Dies by Marcel Courbier.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
VILLE D'AJACCIO, bust of Napoléon Bonaparte to left; COURBIER before / View of part of the city of Ajaccio and the sea, with the city's coat-of-arms and the silhouette of the Napoleonic eagle on the centre. Cf. CMP, Vol.4, p.467 E. 255gr, 76mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
