256, Lot: 939. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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temp. HANOVER. Æ Medal (38mm, 26.05 g, 12h). The Defeat of Napoléon. By T. Kettle. Dated 1814
in Roman numerals. THEY SHALL PROSPER THAT LOVE THEE, Peace standing right, emptying cornucopia onto shore; at a distance to right, two ships under sail left on sea / POST NUBILA PHŒBUS (
after the clouds, the sun), female seated right, holding medallion bearing bust of Louis XVIII; to right, cherub standing left, supporting tablet inscribed [BO]NAPARTE/[D]ETHRONED/[B]OURBONS/[R]ESTORED in four lines; MDCCCXIV in exergue. BHM 798; Eimer -. VF, brown patina.
From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.