Live auction - fwo_469153 - AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA Souverain, type vieille tête 1898 Melbourne
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Estimate : | 500 € |
Price : | 340 € |
Maximum bid : | 340 € |
End of the sale : | 05 June 2018 18:24:36 |
bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Souverain, type vieille tête
Date: 1898
Mint name / Town : Melbourne
Quantity minted : 5509000
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,01 g.
Edge : cannelée
Obverse
Obverse legend : VICTORIA.DEI.G.BRITT.REGINA.DEF.IND.IMP..
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Victoria à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Victoria par la grâce de Dieu, reine des Bretons, défenseur de la Foi, impératrice des Indes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : 1898.
Reverse description : Saint-Georges, nu, casqué, le manteau flottant sur l'épaule, tenant un glaive de la main droite, galopant à droite, terrassant un dragon.
Commentary
Pour l'atelier de Melbourne, ce type a été fabriqué de 1893 à 1900.