LOT 2696
World Commemorative Medals - Sicily - '1618' - Petrus Giron Medal 18th century A.D.
Obv: profile bust with PETRVS GYRON OSS DVX E VRENIAE COM X legend. Rev: rearing horse with PRIMVS ET IRE VIAM 1618 legend. Fair. Rare; possibly a later cast.(26.12 grams, 44 mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired Bristol Auctions.
Property of a Kent gentleman.
See Volt. 878; see Siciliano 15.
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LOT 2696
World Commemorative Medals - Sicily - '1618' - Petrus Giron Medal
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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British Commemorative Medals - Elizabeth II - Commemorative Medal Obverse Die 1953 A.D. or later
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Steel obverse medal die (incuse and reversed). Obv: profile bust with ELIZABETH II legend and stars. 255 grams, medal 28mm diameter.
Extremely fine.
Property of R W M collector.
No commemorative medal from this die has been traced so there is no information as to the event being celebrated although the youthful portrait suggests that the 1953 coronation is perhaps likely; it may be a pattern type that was not issued. -
British Commemorative Medals - Sir Moses Montefiore - 1884 - Birthday Centenary AR Medal Dated 1884 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Silver medallion by Loewenstark & Sons, London. Obv: profile bust with Hebrew legend and date. Rev: A / UNIVERSAL / TRIBUTE / OF / RESPECT & ESTEEM / TO / SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE / BART / PHILANTHROPIST / FROM HIS / ADMIRERS & FRIENDS / CENTENARY / 27TH OCTOBER 1884 in 13 lines with HOLY LAND EGYPT DAMASCUS CONSTANTINOPLE RUSSIA POLAND ROME MOROCCO ROUMANIA legend. 33.02 grams, 41mm.
Near as struck; brilliant and richly toned. Rare.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
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British Commemorative Medals - Elizabeth II - 1953 - Coronation Medal Hub and Die Pair [2] 1953 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Steel master hub and die pair for coronation medal obverse. Obv: proud and incuse three-quarter facing bust; the hub with incuse punched number S2 to base and the die with same number to side. 782 grams total, medal face 38 mm.
Extremely fine. Very rare.
Property of R W M collector.
This matching pair of steel master bust hub and incuse die (before the addition of a legend) would have been used for the making of medals to celebrate the coronation.
