v09_2033 - GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA Demi-souverain, ( Half sovereign) vieille tête 1897 Londres
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 118.91 €
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 118.91 €
Type : Demi-souverain, ( Half sovereign) vieille tête
Date: 1897
Mint name / Town : Londres
Quantity minted : 3568156
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,98 g.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
Usure régulière pour ce type difficile à trouver en bon état de conservation
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : VICTORIA DEI. GRA. - BRITT. REGINA. FID. DEF. - IND. IMP..
Obverse description : Buste couronné de Victoria âgée à gauche, voilée avec une robe d'apparat ; signé T.B. au-dessous.
Obverse translation : (Victoria, par la grâce de Dieu, reine des Bretons, défenseur de la Foi, impératrice des Indes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : À L'EXERGUE : 1897.
Reverse description : Saint Georges à cheval bondissant à droite, casqué, nu, le manteau flottant sur l'épaule, terrassant le dragon ; signé B.P..
Historical background
GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA
(20/06/1837-22/01/1901)
Victoria (1819-1901) was the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, and granddaughter of George III. She succeeded her uncle Guillaume IV in 1837 and married her cousin Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg in 1840, against her mother's advice. She had nine children by him but became a widow in 1861. While respecting the rules of the parliamentary system, she tried to impose her views in the field of foreign affairs. Her favourite, Disraeli, had her given the title of Empress of India in 1876. Respected and loved, active and authoritarian, Victoria appeared in her time as the symbol of imperialist England. His reign marks the height of British power.
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