15th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Coins & Banknotes
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Death of Marie Antionette, Gilt Bronze Medal 1793 (32mm, 12.68g), obv. MARIA ANTON D G REGINA GALLIAE ET NAV, bust right, rev. AUGUSTA REG FAMILIA ORTA VI OCHLOCRATIAE PERIIT AN AETATIS XXXVIII MDCCXCIII ('The queen born the daughter of an empress perished at the hands of the mob in her 38th year' in 5 lines, AEF
Sold for £40
Estimated at £60 - £80
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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