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E-auction 575-522687 - fme_911461 - GREAT-BRITAIN - GEORGE II Médaille, Le prétendant

GREAT-BRITAIN - GEORGE II Médaille, Le prétendant XF
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Estimate : 120 €
Price : 184 €
Maximum bid : 220 €
End of the sale : 22 April 2024 20:47:20
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Médaille, Le prétendant
Date: 1745
Metal : silver
Diameter : 41,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 28,75 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille nettoyée, présentant plusieurs coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche. De l’usure sur les reliefs
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : CAROLUS WALLIAE PRINCEPS - 1745.
Obverse description : Tête de profil à droite.

Reverse


Reverse legend : AMOR ET SPES // À L’EXERGUE : BRITANNIA.
Reverse description : Allégorie féminine vêtue à l’antique de l’Angleterre, tenant un bouclier aux armes de l’Angleterre et une lance, regardant l’horizon. Navire à l’arrière plan.

Commentary


cf. Eimer : Bien qu’indiqué en 1745, la médaille aurait été frappé en 1748 au moment du Traité d’Aix-La-Chapelle.

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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