282, Lot: 462. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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temp. HANOVER. Gilt Æ Bronze (40mm, 30.69 g, 12h). Battle of Minden. By J. Pingo. Dated 1759
in Roman numerals. CONCORD · OF · THE · ALLIES, British and German soldier standing facing one another, holding globe between them; above, crowning Victory standing facing, head left; AVG · I · MDCCLIX in exergue / Victory seated right on French shields, holding palm frond and shield inscribed MINDEN; in two lines in exergue, SOCIETY · PROM · ARTS/AND · COMMERCE. MI 700/431 var. (unlisted as gilt); Eimer 669 var. (same). EF, light flan flaw on the reverse, edge bumps.