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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.).
Provenance
From 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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