Great Britain, George III (1760-1820), Indian Peace Medal, 1814

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

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Description

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Bronzed copper. Large size. GEORGIVS III – DEI GRATIA BRITANNIARVM REX.FID:, laureate and mantled bust of George III right, on truncation, T.WYON.JUN:S:, rev., HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE – DIEU · ET · MON · DROIT, royal arms; below, 1814, 75.6 mm (Adams 12.1, no. 39, this piece), struck on a thick flan, with small patches of roughness behind the head and to the lower right of the reverse, and evidence of reverse verdigris, otherwise prooflike uncirculated, with a glossy mahogany patina, rarer than the silver issues, Adams cites seven in bronze in his census of which three are in institutional collections

Provenance

C.A. Framboise (by repute); Robert Brule, Montreal, June 14, 1961; John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, part XVI, Stack’s, October 17, 2006, lot 89

Catalogue Note

Adams notes that “Laurence Brown has speculated these [the bronze medals] were struck in connection with the centennial observance of the House of Brunswick—a plausible explanation.” (p. 119)