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GREAT BRITAIN, GEORGE III (1760-1820), INDIAN PEACE MEDAL, 1814
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2,000 - 3,000 USD
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描述
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Lead. Small size. GEORGIVS III – DEI GRATIA BRITANNIARVM REX.FID:, laureate and mantled bust of George III right, on truncation, T.WYON.JUN:S:, leaves of wreath point to TI of GRATIA, rev., HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE – DIEU · ET · MON · DROIT, royal arms; below, 1814, 37.7 mm (Adams 14.2), the flan slightly warped, some softness of strike, and scattered marks, otherwise good very fine with silvery highlights around the devices, extremely rare, a possibly unique variant
來源
A.H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd, July 2, 1971; John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, part XVI, Stack’s, October 17, 2006, lot 79
拍品資料及來源
Adams notes that the small size medals lack Wyon’s signature, but that is not the case with this example, which may be struck from a hitherto unrecognized die. Evidently a trial for the small size medals, which are of great rarity; Adams cites nine in all metals.