Live auction - fme_700424 - GREAT-BRITAIN - GEORGE II Médaille, Bataille de Minden
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 25 January 2022 19:36:15 |
Type : Médaille, Bataille de Minden
Date: 1759
Metal : copper
Diameter : 40 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver Pingo
Weight : 29,31 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec du rouge de frappe encore visible. Traces de manipulation. Peu d’usure
Obverse
Obverse legend : MINDEN // À L’EXERGUE : SOCIETY. PROM. ARTS / AND. COMMERCE.
Obverse description : Victoire drapée à l’antique, tenant une palme d’une main et un bouclier de l’autre, assise sur des boucliers fleurdelisés.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORD. OF. THE. ALLIES // À L’EXERGUE : AVG. I. MDCCLIX.
Reverse description : Victoire ailée debout sur un globe tenu par les deux hommes cuirassés qu’elle couronnent d’une couronne de laurier.
Historical background
GREAT-BRITAIN - GEORGE II
(22/06/1727-25/10/1760)
Georges II (10/11/1683-25/10/1760) is the son of Georges I (1714-1727) and Sophie-Dorothée of Brunswick. He succeeded his father in 1726 and was also Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg. He left Walpole to govern until 1742. He was the first Hanoverian king to take an interest in England.
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