LOT 3540
Great Britain. York Cathedral WM Medal. 1855. Birmingham mint (Elkington & Co.). Dies by Jacob Wiener.
Exterior of the cathedral, YORK CATHEDRAL BUILT 630•642. BURNT 1069. REBUILT 1070. AGAIN BURNT 1137. RECONSTRUCTED 1171-1361. RESTORATION FINISHED 1832. and ELKINGTON & CO LONDON in seven lines in exergue, J.WIENER to left / Interior of the cathedral, J. WIENER BRUXELLES in exergue. BHM 2558; Eimer 1508. Good Very Fine.(86gr, 59mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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France. Fifth Republic AE Restrike Medal. 20th century AD. Commemorative issue of City d'Ajaccio and Napoléon Bonaparte. Dies by Marcel Courbier.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
VILLE D'AJACCIO, bust of Napoléon Bonaparte to left; COURBIER before / View of part of the city of Ajaccio and the sea, with the city's coat-of-arms and the silhouette of the Napoleonic eagle on the centre. Cf. CMP, Vol.4, p.467 E. 255gr, 76mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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Great Britain. Westminster Abbey AE Medal. 1849. Dies by Joseph Davis in Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
WESTMINSTER ABBEY-, exterior view of the Cathedral; DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO H:R:H: PRINCE ALBERT. and J.DAVIS.MEDALLIST.BIRMM. in three lines below / WESTMINSTER ABBEY, interior view of the Cathedral; THE CHOIR below. Taylor 8a. 117gr, 60mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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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.
