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LOT 3526
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Medal. Dually dated 1837 and 20 June 1897. Royal mint. Designs by G.W. de Saulles after T. Brock and W. Wyon.
VICTORIA ANNVM REGNI SEXAGESIMVM FELICITER CLAVDIT XX IVN • MDCCCXCVII •, crowned and veiled bust to left / Head to left, wearing bandeau; LONGITVDO DIERVM IN DEXTERA EIVS in left field, ET IN SINISTRA GLORIA in right field; olive branch and date below. BHM 3506; Eimer 1817. Almost Uncirculated.(9.74gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 3526
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Medal.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Great Britain. Ely Cathedral AE Medal. 1849. Dies by Joseph Davis in Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
WEST FRONT OF ELY CATHEDRAL, exterior view of the cathedral; DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO H:R:H: PRINCE ALBERT and J.DAVIS BIRMM. in three lines in exergue / WEST VIEW OF THE CHOIR. ELY CATHEDRAL., interior view of the cathedral. Cf. BHM 2368. 83gr, 60mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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France. Louis XVIII AE Medal. Dated 18 February 1803. Commemorative issue of Louis XVIII's refusal to abdicate in Warsaw in 1803. Dies by Andrieu.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
LVDOVICVS • XVIII FRANC • ET • NAV • REX, bare head to right; ANDRIEU F. on truncation; DE PUYMAURIN DIREXIT below / NEC • VIS • NEC • FALLACIA • ERIPIET •, the King repelling the Cunning and the Force; PACTIONES • ABDICANDI • REPVDIATAE VARSOVIAE • XVIII • FEBR • MDCCCIII in two lines below; ANDRIEU FECIT to right. Cf. Collignon 8. 65gr, 50mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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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.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
