LOT 3672
Group of Fourteen [14] Medals and Tokens. 19th-20th century AD.
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. Condition as shown.(187gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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France. Second Empire AE Medal. Dated 1869. Commemorative issue of Centenary of Emperor Napoléon I.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23
SOUVENIR DU CENTENAIRE DE L'EMPEREUR NAPOLEON I, laureate head of Napoléon I to right; ❀1769=1869❀ below / Code Napoléon, placed on cushion with Legion of Honour, sabre and a bicorne hat, between laurel and oak branch; above, crowned eagle holding thunderbolt and branch in its talons. Colignon 1966; Bramsen 2100. 52gr, 50mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Graffiti on obverse, graffito '1908 1915' on reverse.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Great Britain. Oxford Cathedral AE Medal. 1843. Dies by Joseph Davis, Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
THE MARTYR'S MEMORIAL, OXFORD and JOSH DAVIS BIRMM., exterior view of the cathedral; 1843 below / OXFORD CATHEDRAL THE CHOIR, interior view of the cathedral. BHM 2123; Taylor 9b. 102gr, 60mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
France. Consulate, Napoléon I (as Premier Consul) AE Restrike Medal. Struck 1800. Commemorative issue of the Battle of Marengo and the Crossing of the Alps. Dies by Montagny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRAN.SE, bare bust of Napoléon I to right; below scenery of the Battle of Marengo; MONTAGNY.F. below and BATAILLE DE MARENGO LE XXVI PRAIRIAL AN VIII• in three lines in exergue / Napoléon I on horseback to left crossing the Alps at the Great St. Bernard, MONTANGYxFxD'APRES ANDRIEU below and PASSAGE DE GD. ST. BERNARD LE XXV FLOREAL AN VIII. in three lines in exergue. Bramsen 33. 95gr, 59mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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