CNG 85, Lot: 1605. Estimate $200. Sold for $410. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Æ Medal (48mm, 53.19 g, 12h). Victories of the Year. By C. H. Küchler. Dated 1798. GEORGIUS · III · D : G · M · BR · FR · ET H · REX ·, draped and cuirassed bust left, wearing medallion / MARI VICTRIX TERRAQUE INVICTA, Britannia seated right by trophy of arms, holding small statue of Victory; AVITUM TRANSCENDIT/HONOREM/MDCCXCVIII in three lines in exergue. BHM 458; Eimer 897. Superb EF, wonderful dark brown surfaces, light edge nick at 3h.
From a California Collection of British Historical Medals.