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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Set of Thirty Two [32] Dassier's Kings and Queens of England AE Commemorative Medals. 1731.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
A wooden case with 32 of the 34 medals present in two layers; James I, and Caroline wife of George II absent. 1.307 kg total including case.
Condition as seen.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
France. Louis XVIII AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1821 but struck later. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of death of Napoléon I on St Helena. Dies by B. Andrieu.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right within wreath of alternating laurel and oak leaves, wrapped with a ribbon on which RIVOLI PYRAMIDES MARENGO LUNÉVILLE AMIENS CODES LEG. ON • D'HON AUSTERLITZ JENA TILSIT SIMPLON WAGRAM is inscribed / IL MOURUT SUR UN ROCHER., view of the island of Saint Helena in the middle of the sea, with ship on each side and the setting sun in the background, above, eagle is flying to right, head to left, carrying palm branch; ÎLE STE. HELENE. 5 MAI 1821. in two lines in exergue. Cf. Collignon 1564; cf. Bramsen 1844; cf. Julius 3715. 153gr, 68mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
France. First Empire, Napoléon I AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1816, but struck after circa 1880. Commemorative issue on the Exile of Napoléon I on St Helena, Milano.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE, laureate head of Napoléon I to right, nine stars forming crown above, laurel branch and palm branch tied together below, broken wheel of Fortune to lower left / NON DI LUI MA DI CHI LO TRADI IMAGO, Prometheus chained to rock, vulture gnawing at his body; 1816 below. Cf. Bramsen 1785; cf. Julius 3580. 219gr, 77mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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