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282, Lot: 537. Estimate $100.
Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SWEDEN. Gustav III. 1771–1792. Æ Medal (56mm, 80.78 g, 12h). The Assassination of Gustav. By C. H. Küchler. Dated 1792 in Roman numerals. GUSTAVUS III · D : G · REX SVECIAE, armored and draped bust right / TAM MARTE QUAM MERCURIO (equal in both war and diplomacy), altar surmounted by garlanded urn; cherub to left, personification of Fortune to right, standing facing, holding wreath up toward the heavens; military and musical instruments in background; in four lines in exergue, NATUS · D · XXIIII JAN · MDCCXXXXVI ·/SUCC · D · XII · FEB · MDCCLXXI ·/TRUCID : XVI MART · MDCCXCII ·/OB · D · XXIX SUP · MENS · ET AN ·. Hildebrand 98; Pollard 3. Near EF, dark brown surfaces, a few nicks.