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Lot 2713
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals, “Le Nid”, Bronze Plaquette, by Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis (1849-1899), nude figure kneeling on rock, discovering bird’s nest in a tree, signed at base, rev cherubic child on tree-branch feeding a bird, 66mm x 37mm (Maier 121; PBE 319; CGMP p.175; BDM I, 666; BM Acq 1983-7, p.20, 67). Extremely fine.
Lot 2714
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, La Baigneuse, Bronze Plaquette, 1903, by Abel Lafleur (1875-1953), produced for the Société des Amis de la Médaille Française, naked woman stands ankle-deep in a stream, rev she sits on plinth, her legs draped, tending to her hair, 70mm x 40mm (Jones, Art of the Medal, 331; Maier 24). Extremely fine. Abel Lafleur, sculptor, best remembered for designing the FIFA World Cup Trophy, called the ‘Coupe du Monde’, though later renamed the Jules Rimet Trophy
Lot 2717
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, “Léda et le Cygne”, 1925, Uniface Art Déco Gilt-bronze Plaque, by André Henri Lavrillier (1885-1958), Léda with swan, 100mm x 60mm (Classens 107; CIMeV 308; Jones, Art of the Medal, 418; The Medal 44, p.46; Maier 313). Extremely fine and one of the classic Art Déco medallic images. The Plaquette was made for an exhibition of a dozen medallists for la révue Aréthuse, 25 April 1925, at la Cité des livres, Boulevard Malesherbes, Paris.
Lot 2718
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs, 1925, Octagonal Bronze Medal, by Pierre Turin (1891-1968), semi-nude female figure seated in clouds and holding a basket from which she drops flowers, rev legend in tablet against floral background, EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DECORATIFS ET INDUSTRIELS MODERNES PARIS 1925, 59mm. Small area of gum on reverse, extremely fine. It was from this exhibition that the expression “Art Deco” was to emerge from ARTS DECORATIFS.
Lot 2724
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, International Exhibition of Art and Technology, Paris, 1937, Bronze Medal, by Pierre Turin (1891-1968), torches of Progress divided by a caduceus, hammer and olive spray, rev two standing figures of Art and Technology, head of Marianne behind, 68mm. Extremely fine.
Lot 2725
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, “Scientia” / 300th Anniversary of the Collège de France, 1930, Bronze Medal, by Pierre Turin (1891-1968), female head with torch, SCIENTIA, rev statue of Budé, the founder of the college, 68mm, in original card box of issue (Jones, Art of the Medal, 424). Extremely fine.
Lot 2727
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Télégraphie sans Fil (telegraph without a wire), Wireless or Radio, Large Bronze Medal, 1927, by Paul Marcel Dammann (1885-1939), standing figure of Iris with winged ankles, partial Zodiac behind, rev globe encircled by an antenna emitting radio waves, TSF below, 100mm (CGMP p.116; Jones, Art of the Medal, 423). One of the classic Art Deco medallic images, extremely fine.
Lot 2737
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Germany, The Flight of the LZ 127 “Graf Zeppelin” to America, October 1928, Bronze Plaquette, by C Stock for Mayer & Wilhelm, Stuttgart, a God carries the weight of the Zeppelin on his shoulder, above the waves below, above another God protects it from a storm, details around, rev five lines from Goethe, 64.5mm x 90mm (Kaiser 483). Very fine, knocks to reverse.
Lot 2765
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, France, World War I, the Naval Mission to Greece, 1916-1917, Bronze Medal, by Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951), La France wearing winged helmet, attacks left, rev scroll on oak leaves, engraved name and legend, ADRIEN LE VERGER – SOUVENIR RECONNAISSANT DE LA MISSION NAVALE EN GRECE – 1916-1917, 63.5mm (References to the medal without legend: Frankenhuis 238; CGMP p.269; BDM VIII, 78; V&A Exhibition Catalogue 1998, 33). Extremely fine, rare.
Lot 2772
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936), Prime Minister and his Return to Power, 1928-1932, modern Gold Medal, bust right wearing cap, before Parliament building, rev legend and dates, 24ct, 11.89g, 28mm, prooflike surface, virtually mint state; with contemporary Silvered-Bronze ‘Souvenir’ Medalet of Venizelos, facing bust, rev anchor and flag, 23.5mm, suspension loop and ring, very fine. (2)
Lot 2779
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Iran (Persia), Louis Coetermans, Persian Consul-General in Paris, Rectangular Bronze Plaquette, 1905, with arched top, by Godefroid Devreese, bust left in uniform and wearing sheepskin hat, legend in exergue, rev legend in seven lines, 77.5mm x 52.5mm (BDM VI, 319; ANS New York, 1910, Devreese 30). Extremely fine. The medal commissioned by his friend
Lot 2780
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Matteo di Andrea de’ Pasti (active from 1441, died 1467/8), Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and Fano (1417-1432-1468), Bronze Medal, bust of Sigismondo left, wearing cuirass and surcoat, SIGISMONDVS PANDVLFVS DE MALATESTIS S RO ECLESIE C GENERALIS, rev view of the Castle of Rimini, CATELLVM SISMONDVM ARIMINENSE M CCCC XLVI, 82mm (Hill, Corpus 174; Kress 60; Pollard 27). A high quality contemporary cast, nearly extremely fine. ex Michael Hall Collection, Baldwin’s Auction 64, May 2010 lot 36
Lot 2782
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Gianfrancesco Enzola (active 1455-1478), Francesco I Sforza (1401-1466), 4th Duke of Milan and Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444-1476), 5th Duke of Milan, cast Bronze Medal, 1459, bust of Francesco, rev bust of Galeazzo Maria, 42mm (Hill, Corpus 284; Arm I, 44/7; Kress 93; Pollard 136). A very fine contemporary cast with traces of acquisition number on obverse. ex Michael Hall Collection, Baldwin’s Auction 64, May 2010, lot 76
Lot 2788
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570), Faustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius, struck Bronze Medal, c. mid-1550s, bust right, FAVSTINA.AVG.ANTONINI.AVG.PII.FIL., rev the six Vestal Virgins, one accompanied by a child, sacrificing at an altar in front of the Temple of Vesta, SC, 30.46g, 36mm (Klawans 2; Kress 407; Lawrence 59; Johnson/Martini 1729ff). An original striking, extremely fine and very rare. ex Morton & Eden auction, 27 June 2006, lot 395 (part)
Lot 2792
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Francesco Redi (1626-1696), physician to the Grand Dukes, entomologist and poet, cast Bronze Portrait Medal, 1684, by Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (1656-1740), draped bust right with long hair, wearing gown and open shirt, rev Minerva, a spear in her left hand, uncovering Nature, before a temple, FRANCISCVS REDI PATRITIVS ARETINVS, 88mm (V&T 37; Bargello 7838; Clifford 298 Johnson 140, fig.127; Lankheit 121; M&E Lankheit 711). Good very fine with dark patination.
Lot 2793
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Francesco Redi (1626-1696), physician to the Grand Dukes, entomologist and poet, cast Bronze Portrait Medal, 1684, by Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (1656-1740), draped bust right with long hair, wearing gown and open shirt, rev Eternity, seated with foot on a globe, welcomes Minerva into temple, Time lies between columns from which hangs a snake swallowing its own tail, ÆRE PEREMNIVS, 87.5mm (V&T 38; Johnson 140, fig.128; Clifford 299; Lankheit 121; M&E, Lankheit 712). Good very fine with dark patination.
Lot 2794
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Vittoria Della Rovere (1622-1694), uniface Florentine cast Bronze Portrait Medal, by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi, 1685, bust right, in the costume of an oblate of the Congregazione di Montalve, with a pendant cross, VICTORIA MAG DVC ETR, 87mm (V&T 43). Sharply cast, extremely fine with light patination, rare. ex Benjamin Weiss Collection ex Baldwin’s Auction 63, 30 September 2009, lot 1347 Vittoria della Rovere was the daughter of Claudia de’ Medici and Federico Ubaldo of Rovere. She was promised at the age of one to her cousin Ferdinand II de’ Medici and the promise was formalised in 1634. She was married three years later in 1637 and widowed in 1670. She became patroness of the Congregazione di Montalve in 1680
Lot 2795
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Vicenzo da Filicaia (1642-1707), poet and politician, Florentine cast Bronze Medal, by Antonio Montauti (? - c.1740), bewigged bust right, VICENTIVS A FILICAIA SENATOR FLORENTIVS, rev eagle flying above the clouds, SPERNIT HVMVM, 91mm (V&T 93). Good very fine, dark patination, pierced and two minor flaws to outer rim, rare. ex Michael Hall Collection (Part I), Baldwin’s Auction 64, 4 May 2010, lot 466
Lot 2796
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Caterina Sansedoni Marsili (wife of Alfonso Marsili, married 1707), Florentine cast Bronze Portrait Medal, 1720, by Giovanni Francesco Pieri (1699-1773), bust right in high relief, her hair tied up, rev Time, watched by winged Victory, brandishes staff over anguished figures, 92mm (V&T 115). Good very fine, minute piercing in the outer rim, rare.
Lot 2801
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Guiseppe Mazzini (1805-1872), Political activist for the Unification of Italy, uniface circular Bronze Portrait Plaque, c.1849, bearded bust left, name around, 137mm, suspension ring. The style somewhat elementary, extremely fine and rare. Guiseppe Mazzini – “The beating heart of Italy”, joined with Garibaldi during the revolts of 1848-1849. He was exiled in London on several occasions. The cataloguers know of no other medallic portraits of Mazzini.
Lot 2802
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, World War I, Peace, Gilt-bronze Medal, 1920, by S Johnson (Milan), Italia stands proud on prow of a boat, supported by naked figures and fames, CMXV MCMXX, rev bust of Peace right, placed before a field of grazing sheep, below lines by Giovanni Bertacchi, PAX PER QVANTI EROI S’IMMOLARONO ..., 69.5mm. A handsome medal, a little marked, otherwise about extremely fine.
Lot 2803
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Navigazione-Generale Italiana, Maiden Voyage of the T/n Roma, Genoa to New York, 21 September 1926, Bronze Plaquette, unsigned, Roma as the figurehead of a massive galley rowing to the left, 78mm x 123mm. Nearly extremely fine, rare. The Roma carried 1639 passengers. The statue of Roma was a feature in the ‘Great Hall’ on the ship.
Lot 2805
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Mexico, France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris 1900, Bronze Plaquette, by J F Contreras, struck in Paris, in Celebration of Mexico’s Participation, the figure of Mexico stands by flaming urn and points towards pavilion, boy holds plaquette with legend, rev radiant sun rises above pavilion, olive spray to fore, un-named tablet below, 90mm x 52.5mm, in case of issue (Grove -). A superb design in the Art Nouveau style, virtually mint state and extremely rare.
Lot 2809
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Russia, Count M Platov, Bronze Medal, by Joseph Mainèrt(?), uniformed bust left, HETMAN PLATOFF, rev ACRI MILITIA VEXAVIT GALLOS EQUES METUENDUS HASTA, 48mm (Diakov -). About extremely fine and very rare. Count Matvei Ivanovich Platoff, Ataman of the Don Cossacks and a Russian commander in the Napoleonic wars
Lot 2813
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Russia, 100th Anniversary of the Alexandrovsky Ordnance Factory, 1874, Bronze Medal, by Mescheryakov and Griliches, oval portraits of Catherine II and Alexander II, rev monument to Peter I in Petrozavodsk, the ordnance factory beyond, 79mm (Diakov 805.1). Good very fine.
Lot 2815
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, South Africa, President Paul Kruger, the Opening of the Pretoria to Delagoa Bay Railway, 1895, Bronze Medal, by J P M Menger, bust of Kruger left, rev winged wheel within legend, 44mm. (Hern 16; Moyaux 52; BM Acq 1983-1987, pl 107, 3; Swan 405-406; BDM IV, 26). Extremely fine.
Lot 2817
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, South Africa, The Peace Treaty for the South African War, 1902, Bronze Medals (2), by Emil Fuchs for Messrs Elkington & Co, Britannia stands at a harbour, sheathing her sword, behind her a column of troops board ships for home, rev angel with laurel branch attends to fallen soldier, TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY, and in tablet SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN 1899 - 1900, 70mm and 49mm (BHM 3876; Eimer 1850a, c; Jones, Art of the Medal, 382). The larger extremely fine, the smaller very fine with dappled patina. (2)
Lot 2824
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, United States of America and the Americas, France, American Interest, The Régiment de la Calotte, Gilt-bronze Medal, c.1723, by Joseph Charles Roettiers, Folly enthroned amid clouds, holding sceptre with jester’s head, RIDERE REGNARE EST, rev coat of arms, shield emblazoned with the moon in three phases above a jester’s head on a field of bees, jester’s cap with cat and weather-vane above, supported by monkeys in livery holding smoking cornucopiæ, LUNA DUCE AUSPICE MOMO, 44mm (Adams S-3; Betts 66-70, note 3). Gilding rubbed on high spots, very fine, scarce. A satirical medal on the banking methods of John Law and satirising the Mississippi System he promoted with other money-making ventures (B. Betts, Descriptive List of Medals Relating to John Law and the Mississippi System, Boston 1907).
Lot 2832
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, United States of America and the Americas, USA, Universal Exposition, Saint Louis, 1904, Square Bronze Silver Medal of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, by A A Weinman, figures of America and Louisiana, rev eagle over tablet inscribed SILVER MEDAL, 65mm (cf Jones, Art of the Medal, 388). Good very fine, scarce. “Silver” and “Gold” Medals struck in Bronze are known from this event. The 1904 Olympic Games ran alongside the Exposition.
Lot 2833
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, United States of America and the Americas, USA, Naval Interest, The Great White Fleet, Circumnavigation of the World in 1907, Bronze Plaque, by William Barber, bust of Theodore Roosevelt left, rev a classical figure bids farewell to the fleet, 80mm x 60mm maximum. Extremely fine. In 1907 a US Navy Fleet embarked on a circumnavigation of the globe which was completed in 1909. The fleet comprised 16 battle ships, along with escorts, all of which had their hulls painted white, the US Navy’s peacetime colour. It was a display of goodwill which also served to prove the seaworthiness of the navy, enforce treaties and protect overseas holdings.
Lot 2834
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, United States of America and the Americas, USA, The United States Antarctic Expedition, 1939-1941, Service Medal, an unnamed bronze specimen, the globe as seen from Antarctica, rev legend, 34mm, suspension ring and ribbon. Extremely fine, rare. This medal was awarded by Congress to those who participated in the third expedition led by Admiral Richard E Byrd (1888-1957). It was the first one on which he had the official backing of the US Government. The project included extensive studies of geology, biology, meteorology and exploration. However, in March 1940 Byrd was recalled to active duty in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. The expedition continued in Antarctica without him. 60 medals were awarded in gold, including one to Admiral Byrd, 50 in both silver and bronze, the bronze being for those who only made one summer trip. The medal was designed by John R Sinnock, Chief Engraver of the Philadelphia Mint.
Lot 2841
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Art, The Cope and Nicol School of Painting, Bronze Prize Medal, by Frank Bowcher (1864-1938), nude winged female holds shield on which a naked youth paints the word ART, with ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS around, rev SCHOOL OF PAINTING A.S COPE J A NICOL on ribbon over laurel sprig, 57mm (Attwood [1992] 45, 4; Jones, Art of the Medal, 1979, 380). Very fine.
Lot 2843
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Art, France, Télégraphie sans Fil (telegraph without a wire), Wireless or Radio, Large Bronze Medal, 1927, by Paul Marcel Dammann (1885-1939), standing figure of Iris with winged ankles, partial Zodiac behind, rev globe encircled by an antenna emitting radio waves, TSF below, 100mm (CGMP p.116; Jones, Art of the Medal, 423). One of the classic Art Deco medallic images, nearly extremely fine with dark patination, scarce.
Lot 2850
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Exploration, United Kingdom, Royal Geographical Society, Gilt-bronze Medal, for the East Africa Expedition, 1878-1880, Minerva stands by globe and sextant, rev legends and wreath, 39mm. Pierced, scuffed and bruised, fine and very rare. The medal was struck for presentation to the members of the expedition led by Alexander Keith Johnston (1844-1879), to Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika. Johnston died from malaria and dysentry in Beho Beho, some 120 miles from Dar es Salaam. The expedition was completed under the leadership of Joseph Thompson (1858-1904), who was to receive the Society’s gold Founder’s Medal in 1885.
Lot 2852
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Exploration, France, Silvered-bronze Award Medal of the Aero Club de France, 1931, to Joanny Burtin (1893-1977), by S Grun, an eagle soars, plane in segment above, front-end on, rev legend and naming, 49.5mm, in case of issue. Matt surface, extremely fine. Burtin first learn to to fly in 1912, becoming a military pilot in 1916. Twice shot down and seriously wounded, he was awarded the Military Medal and the Croix de Guerre. At the time of this award he was working on developing a system of instrument flying – flying blind. He was also breaking altitude records and in 1930 he participated in the Paris-Tokyo-Paris race.
Lot 2855
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Exploration, Russia, Alexander I (1777-1801-1825), Admiral Bellingshausen’s Southern Circumnavigation and Antarctic Expedition, on the sloops Orient and Pacific, Bronze Medal, 1819, bust right, rev legend in five lines, 42mm (Diakov 417). Nearly very fine, rare. The expedition saw the first recording of Antarctica. Purchased from Liverpool Medals, February 2000 (F2550)
Lot 2856
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Exploration, Russia, Alexander I (1777-1801-1825), Admiral Bellingshausen’s Southern Circumnavigation and Antarctic Expedition, on the sloops Orient and Pacific, Bronze Medal, 1819, bust right, rev legend in five lines, 42mm (Diakov 417). Only about fine, two edge nicks.
Lot 2862
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Lifesaving, Bronze Lloyd’s Medal, 1839, by W Wyon, Leucothoe offers her scarf to Ulysses clinging to the mast of a sinking ship, LEUCOTHOE NAUFRAGO SUCCURRIT, rev OB CIVES SERVATOS within wreath, PRESENTED BY LLOYD’S around, 73mm (Eimer 1333; Jones, Art of the Medal, 287; MH 1919, 853). Extremely fine, rare.
Lot 2869
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Sport, Universal Exhibition in Paris / Olympic Games, Silver-plated Bronze Plaquette, 1900, by Frédéric Vernon, Victory flying above Paris, rev classical athlete in a stadium, CONCOURS DE TIR VIIME CONCOURS NATIONAL, 59mm x 41mm (Maier 157). About extremely fine, rare.
Lot 2872
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Sport, Olympic Games, Italy, the Italian National Olympic Committee, pair of large Silvered-bronze Medals, 1949, issued by Stabilimenti Artistici Fiorentini, obv helmeted bust of Victory to right, rev Olympic rings, COMITATO OLIMPICO NAZIONALE ITALIANO, engraved “FIDAL – ROMA 22 maggio 1949”, and signed Maneti(?), obv semi-naked athlete held aloft on a shield, TRIVMPHVS, rev as first but not engraved, both 94mm, each in leather fitted case of issue. Much as made, extremely fine, some slight discolouration, very rare. (2) FIDAL = Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera, Roma.
Lot 3093
ANCIENT COINS, Greek, Judaea, Bar Kochba Revolt (AD 132-135), Æ Medium Bronze, attributed to Year 3 = AD 134/135, Paleo-Hebrew legend (‘For the Freedom of Jerusalem’), palm-branch, within a wreath, rev Paleo-Hebrew legend (‘Simon’), elongated kithara with three strings, 5.88g, 12h (AJC 77; Mildenberg 31-3; Hendin 1436). Dark green-brown patina, good very fine.
Lot 3094
ANCIENT COINS, Greek, Judaea, Bar Kochba Revolt (AD 132-135), Æ Small Bronze, attributed to Year 3 = AD 134/135, Paleo-Hebrew legend (‘Jerusalem’), palm-tree, rev Paleo-Hebrew legend (‘For the Freedom of Jerusalem’), bunch of grapes, 4.91g, 6h (AJC 80; Mildenberg 156 (O4/R6); Hendin 1439). Dark brown-green patina, nearly extremely fine.
Lot 3095
ANCIENT COINS, Greek, Judaea, Bar Kochba Revolt (AD 132-135), Æ Small Bronze, attributed to Year 3 = AD 134/135, Paleo-Hebrew legend (‘Simon’), palm-tree, rev Paleo-Hebrew legend (‘For the Freedom of Jerusalem’), bunch of grapes, 6.26g, 6h (AJC 81a; Mildenberg 158 (O4/R8); Hendin 1440). Dark brown patina, nearly extremely fine.
Lot 3107
ANCIENT COINS, Greek, Greek Bronze Coins (6), including Ionia, Chios (c.190-133 BC), Æ 19mm, Sphinx seated right, a corn-ear before, countermark (tripod?) on wing, rev HP[OΣTPA] / XIOΣ, amphora, bunch of grapes on left (SNG Copenhagen 1573); and issues from Kamarina, Macedon, Elaea and Kyzikos. Generally very fine or nearly so. (6)
Lot 3573
BRITISH COINS, Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Set, 1839, consisting of 15 Gold, Silver and Copper coins, all dated 1839, with young head design of Queen: Gold Five Pounds, rev Una & the Lion, Gold Sovereign, rev shield, Gold Half-Sovereign, Silver Crown, rev shield, Silver Halfcrown, rev shield, Silver Shilling, rev crowned value, Silver Sixpence, rev crowned value, Silver Groat, rev Britannia, Silver Maundy Set of Bronzed-copper Penny, Halfpenny and Farthing, rev Britannia (S PS3; Una variety L&S 17, dies 2AW). A superb set and the finest we have ever catalogued, the Five Pounds with a few tone spots on reverse design and just the merest hint of light marks in the fields, surprisingly problem free as are all the other coins in this set, the Sovereign with tone spot on cheek and a pleasing red hue otherwise as struck, the Half-Sovereign with tiny tone spot on truncation otherwise with a matching red hue to the Sovereign; Silver coins faultless and with multi-colour rainbow like toning, the Halfcrown with small tone spot in obverse field, the Shilling with small spot on bust and in obverse field, the Maundy Groat with tone blemish in field behind head; Copper all attractively toned, the Farthing darker, the Halfpenny with streak of tone near truncation and spot on neck. All in NGC holders graded: Five Pounds PF66 Ultra Cameo Maundy 4d PF65+ Sovereign PF66 Cameo Maundy 3d PF67 Cameo Half Sovereign PF66 Ultra Cameo Maundy 2d PF67+* Crown PF66+ Cameo Maundy 1d PF66 Cameo Halfcrown PF66 Ultra Cameo Bronze Penny PF65 Brown Shilling PF67* Cameo Bronze Halfpenny PF64 Brown Sixpence PF68* Ultra Cameo Bronze Farthing PF63 Brown Groat PF66 Cameo With original presentation case displaying the Sotheby auction provenance. Very rare this well preserved. ex The Property of the late Mrs Diamond of Henley-in-Arden, Sotheby, Thursday 10 April 1856, lot 208, sold for £10/10 This set has been family owned for decades and it is possible, though it cannot be definitely proven, that a member of the family bought it at or very soon after the above sale which occurred when this set was a mere 17 years old. Of particular note for the gold and silver denominations is that, according to the NGC world coin census (as of 23 July 2015): The Gold Five Pounds is the finest graded by two points out of 32 examples graded The Gold Sovereign is the finest by one point out of a total of 19 examples graded The Gold Half-Sovereign is tied as the equal finest for one out of 14 examples graded The Silver Crown is the finest graded by one point and the only with a * designation out of a total of 38 examples graded The Silver Halfcrown is the finest graded by one point out of 26 examples graded The Silver Shilling is the finest graded by one point and the only with a * designation out of 17 examples graded The Silver Sixpence is the finest graded by two points and the only with a * designation out of 22 examples graded The Silver Groat is the finest by one point out of 25 examples graded The Maundy Groat is the equal finest, but the only one with a + designation out of a total of 16 proofs graded The Maundy Threepence is the finest graded by a whole point out of a total of 16 proofs graded The Maundy Twopence is the finest by two points and the only with a + and * designation out of a total of 15 proofs graded. The Maundy Penny is the finest graded by a whole point out of a total of 15 proofs graded.
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