Live auction - fme_1161800 - GREAT-BRITAIN - GEORGE III Médaille, Capitaine Jacques Cook, Royal Society bronze Memorial Medal

GREAT-BRITAIN - GEORGE III Médaille, Capitaine Jacques Cook, Royal Society bronze Memorial Medal VF

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Type : Médaille, Capitaine Jacques Cook, Royal Society bronze Memorial Medal

Date: 1779

Quantity minted : 577

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 43,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Engraver PINGO L.

Weight : 36,63 g.

Edge : lisse

Puncheon : sans poinçon

Coments on the condition:

Patine hétérogène. Nombreux coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche

Catalogue references :

Eimer.780 - BHM258 - Betts553

Obverse

Obverse legend : IAC. COOK OCEANI INVESTIGATOR ACERRIMVS // RG. SOC. LOND / SOCIO SVO.

Obverse description : Buste habillé de profil à gauche, signé : L.P.E..

Reverse

Reverse legend : NIL INTENTATVM - NOSTRI LIQVERE // À L’EXERGUE : AVSPICIIS / GEORGII / III.

Reverse description : Allégorie féminine, drapée à l’antique, tenant une lance d’un côté et une rame de l’autre qu’elle pose sur un globe. Bouclier aux couleurs de l’Angleterre à droite.