LOT 3721
Group of Five [5] Medals. 20th century AD.
Comprising: various metals, subjects, and reverse types. Very Fine to Extremely Fine.(67gr total, 25-38mm.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Great Britain. Hanover, Field-marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington WM Medal. Triply dated 1 May 1769, 18 June 1815, and 14 September 1852. Birmingham mint. Commemorative issue of Death of the Duke of Wellington. Dies by Allen & Moore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON., bust to left wearing military uniform; ALLEN & MOORE. BIRMM. below / BRITANNIA MOURNS HER HERO NOW AT REST, sarcophagus inscribed WELLINGTON BORN MAY 1. 1769 DIED SEPR 14.1852 in five lines; Britannia mourning to left, lion recumbent below, Victory placing wreath to right; A&M and WATERLOO JUNE 18. 1815 in two lines below. Eimer, Wellington 143; BHM 2476; Lamas 138. 39gr, 51mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
France. Louis XIV WM Medal. 1638-1715. Commemorative of the Life and Deeds of Louis XIV. Dies by De Puymaurin and Caqué.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
LOUIS XIIII ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE, laureate and armored bust to right; DE PUYMAURIN D and CAOUE F below / LOUIS XIV SURNOME LE GRAND. above, 65EME. ROI. FILS DE LOUIS XIII. NÉ 1638. ROI 1643. ABOLITION DU DUEL 1679. RÉVOCATION DE L'ÉDIT DE NANTES 1685. PHILIPPE V, ROI D'ESPAGNE 1700. PAIX GÉNÉRALE 1715 in ten lines, MORT 1715. below. Cf. N146561. 82gr, 51mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
France. Louis XVIII AE Medal. Dated 1815. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of Tomb of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Dies by Jean-Bertrand Andrieu.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
LVDOVICVS • XVIII FRANC • ET • NAV • REX, bare head to right; ANDRIEU F• on truncation, DE PUYMAURIN DIREXIT below / CORP. LUD. XVI. M. ANT. CONJ. REG. SEPU. REDDITA, the tomb of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, surmounted by the crown of France, under a fleur-de-lis drape, flanked by Piety and Religion, in tears; PIETAS FRATERNA. 1815 and DE PUYMAURIN D. in three lines in exergue. Cf. Collignon 47. 43gr, 50mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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