v09_2020 - GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA Souverain (Sovereign), type 2, grosse tête, signature en creux 1866 Londres
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
Realised price : 200.47 €
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
Realised price : 200.47 €
Type : Souverain (Sovereign), type 2, grosse tête, signature en creux
Date: 1866
Mint name / Town : Londres
Quantity minted : 4047288
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,01 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Pièce ayant conservé son brillant d'origine. Jolie patine au revers. Infimes petites marques de manipulation dans le champ au droit, visibles seulement à la loupe x10
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : VICTORIA DEI - GRATIA / 1866.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Victoria à gauche ; signé W. W. en creux sur la tranche du cou.
Obverse translation : (Victoria par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : BRITANNIARUM - REGINA FID: DEF:.
Reverse description : Écu couronné, écartelé aux 1 et 4 d'Angleterre, au 2 d'Écosse et au 3 d'Irlande, entre deux branches d'olivier : motif floral à l'exergue constitué de la rose anglaise, du chardon écossais et du trèfle irlandais ; coin numéroté 5 à l'exergue.
Reverse translation : (Reine des Bretons, défenseur de la Foi).
Commentary
Trace de début de cassure de coin visible sur la date.
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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