15th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Coins & Banknotes
542
Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria 1897, Gold Medal (26mm, 12.80g), small size, by G. W. de Saulles after T. Brock and W. Wyon, obv. old veiled bust left, rev. young head left divides inscription LONGI-TVDO DIERVM IN DEXTERA EIVS ET IN SINISTRA GLORIA ('Time passes in the right hand, glory in the left'), (Eimer 1817b; BHM 3506), edge encrustations, possibly ex-mount, otherwise AUNC
Sold for £420
Estimated at £350 - £400
Auction: Coins & Banknotes, 15th Feb, 2023
An interesting and eclectic mix of coins spanning over 1000 years of history will go under the hammer in Tennants Auctioneers’ Coins & Banknotes Sale on 15th February. Amongst the nearly 600 lots are rare and fine examples such as a Gold Proof Set issued in 1937 to mark the Coronation of George VI, an AE Drachm produced in Alexandria mint in the reign of the Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-221 BC), a Portuguese Joao V (1720-56) 4 Escudos (Peca) minted in Lisbon in 1727 and two consecutively numbered Bank of England white five pounds.
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Tuesday 14th February 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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