Triton XVIII, Lot: 1503. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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DENMARK. Frederik V. 1746-1766. AR Medal - Skuemønt (42mm, 29.83 g, 12h). Dansk Asiatisk Kompagni (Danish Asiatic Company) Issue Commemorating the Tricentenary of the Ruling House of Oldenburg. By Marcus Gustavus Arbien. Dated 28 October 1749. FRIDERIC · V · D · G · REX · DAN · NORV · VAN · GOTH · , laureate, draped, and armored bust right; ARBIEN. F. below bust / Radiate crowned coat-of-arms above crowned
DAC monogram, set on crossed fasces, winged caduceus, and cornucopia, all decorated with floral chain and set on ground line; FELICIT : IMPERII CCC/ANN : STIRP : OLDENB ·/D. 28 OCT. 1749./A in four lines in exergue . Galster 437a; Jensen, p. 33; Meyer 5952. VF, toned, fields chased.
From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Harald Salvesen Collection (Spink Zurich 28, 24 October 1988), lot 46.