LOT 3524
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.
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. Good Extremely Fine.(131gr, 63mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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LOT 3524
Great Britain. Hanover, Time of George III Restrike AE Medal.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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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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France. Second Empire, Napoléon III AE Medal. 1860. Commemorative issue of Trade Treaty with England. Dies by L. Merley.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, laureate head to left, L. MERLEY. F. below / NAPOLÉON III REGNANT, Minerva uniting France and England, TRAITÉ DE COMMERCE AVEC L'ANGLETERRE. 23 JANVIER 1860 ENQUÊTE FAITE PAR LE CONSEIL SUPÉRIEUR DU COMMERCE M.PANTIN TALABOT★ L MERLEY F. in five lines in exergue. 93gr, 57mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. In original case.
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France. Louis XVIII AE Medal. Dated 1815. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of Tomb of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Dies by Jean-Bertrand Andrieu.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
LVDOVICVS • XVIII FRANC • ET • NAV • REX, bare head to right; ANDRIEU F• on truncation, DE PUYMAURIN DIREXIT below / CORP. LUD. XVI. M. ANT. CONJ. REG. SEPU. REDDITA, the tomb of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, surmounted by the crown of France, under a fleur-de-lis drape, flanked by Piety and Religion, in tears; PIETAS FRATERNA. 1815 and DE PUYMAURIN D. in three lines in exergue. Cf. Collignon 47. 43gr, 50mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
