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282, Lot: 466. Estimate $100.
Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. Princess Charlotte of Wales. 1796-1817. Æ Medal (50mm, 56.40 g, 12h). Death of Princess Charlotte. By T. Webb. Triply-dated 1795, 1816, and 1817 in Roman numerals. H · R · H · PRINCESS CHARLOTTE AUGUSTA, diademed and draped bust facing slightly left, head turned slightly right, wearing floral crown; in three lines in exergue, BORN IAN · 7 1796 ·/MARRIED MAY 2 ·/1816 · / DIED NOV · VI MDCCCXVII, Britannia seated left, in attitude of mourning, holding pole surmounted by Phrygian cap; to left, two pillars, one of which is broken; funerary urn to right, surmounted by crown; to lower right, somber lion crouching left; in three lines in exergue, WEEP BRITAIN THOU HAST LOST/THE EXPECTANCY AND ROSE/OF THE FAIR STATE. BHM 940; Eimer 1097. Near EF, brown surfaces, a few light marks.