LOT 4108
Great Britain, temp. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. RMS Queen Mary Maiden Voyage AE Medal. 1936. Royal Mint for Cunard White Star Line. Dies by Gilbert Bayes.
View of the liner from the starboard bow under steam to right, with two dolphins swimming to right in waves in foreground; MARIA REGINA MARI ME COMMISIT in three lines below / QUEEN MARY, the New York skyline seen through the Bargate, Southampton, flanked by shields depicting the arms of the cities of New York to left on buttress, and Southampton to right, with arms of the Cunard Line on shield in lower central field supporting a banner with tassels at each end reading COMMISSIONED 1936. BHM 4282; Eimer 2036; Attwood, P., 'The Medals of Gilbert Bayes', The Numismatic Chronicle 152 (1992), pl. 26, 20. Extremely Fine. Boxed.(276 grams total, 10.6 x 11 x 2.6 cm including case.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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LOT 4108
Great Britain, temp. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. RMS Queen Mary Maiden Voyage AE Medal.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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France. Premier République, Consulat AE Medal. Dated Medal Year 8 (AD 1800). Paris mint. Commemorative issue of the Battle of Marengo. Designs by N. Brenet and H. Auguste.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REP. FRANÇE around, BATAILLE DE MARENGO 25 ET 26 PRAIRIAL AN 8, bare bust of Napoléon I to left; all within laurel wreath / LE PREMIER CONSUL COMMANDANT L'ARMÉE DE RÉSERVE EN PERSONNE: ENFANS RAPPELLEZ-VOUS QUE MON HABITUDE EST DE COUCHER SUR LE CHAMP DE BATAILLE in nine lines. Bramsen 38; Julius 796; Zeitz 13. 290 grams total, 16.5 cm including case.
NGC graded MS 62 BN (#2141910-001).
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 1972. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of death of Napoléon I on St Helena. Dies by Albert de Jaeger.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. 150gr, 69mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
United States of America, John F. Kennedy Commemorative AE Presidential Inauguration Medal. After 1961. Philadelphia mint. Dies by Gilroy Roberts and Frank Gasparro.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
JOHN F. KENNEDY, bust to left, GILROY ROBERTS 1961 in small lettering along neck truncation / The Presidential Seal over an excerpt from Kennedy's Inaugural address: "WE SHALL PAY ANY PRICE, BEAR ANY BURDEN, MEET ANY HARDSHIP, SUPPORT ANY FRIEND, OPPOSE ANY FOE TO ASSURE THE SURVIVAL OF LIBERTY., all flanked by two burning torches of liberty; INAUGURATED • PRESIDENT • above, date below. US Mint #135; cf. Numista #225102 (smaller denomination medal). 210gr, 76mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
