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LOT 3666
Group of Sixteen [16] Medals and Tokens. 20th century AD.
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. Condition as shown.(169gr 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. First Empire, Napoléon I SN Medal. 19th century AD. Commemorative Medal of the Life and Deeds of Napoléon I. Design by Massonnet.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
NAPOLEON I EMPEREUR, bare head to right, MASSONNET. ÉDIT. below / NÉ 1769. CONSUL 1799. EMPEREUR 1804. MILAN, TURIN, LE CAIRE, ROME NAPLES, VIENNE, AMSTERDAM BERLIN, MADRID, LISBONNE, VARSOVIE, MOSCOU, CODE CIVIL 1804. ABDICATION 1814. ILE D'ELBE 1815. STE HELENE. MORT EN 1821 in twelve lines. Collignon 337. 43gr, 50mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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Great Britain. Ely Cathedral AE Medal. 1849. Dies by Joseph Davis in Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
WEST FRONT OF ELY CATHEDRAL, exterior view of the cathedral; DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO H:R:H: PRINCE ALBERT and J.DAVIS BIRMM. in three lines in exergue / WEST VIEW OF THE CHOIR. ELY CATHEDRAL., interior view of the cathedral. Cf. BHM 2368. 83gr, 60mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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France. First Empire, Napoléon I AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1811. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of the Baptism of the Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte as King of Rome. Dies by J. Andrieu.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Laureate head to left / Napoléon, in full regalia, standing to left before throne, holding the infant high over baptismal font, BAPTEME DU ROI DE ROME M. DCCC. XI.(date) in two lines in exergue, ANDRIEU FECIT to left. Cf. Bramsen 1126. 129gr, 67mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
