15th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
4 x Coronation Medals, comprising: Edward VII AE 1902 (55.5mm, 81.86g), obv. EDWARD VII CORWNED 9 AUGUST 1902 above crowned and draped bust right, rev. ALEXANDRA QUEEN CONSORT over crowned and draped bust right, (Eimer 1871a), the official Royal Mint issue with design by George William de Saulles, in original red leather case with gilt highlights, small verdigris spot to rev. left of veil, otherwise UNC; George V AE 1911 (51mm, 77.46g), obv. GEORGE V CROWNED JUNE 11 1911 over crowned and draped bust left in high relief, orb before, rev. QUEEN MARY JUNE 11 1911, crowned bust left, (Eimer 1922a), the official Royal Mint issue with design by Bertram Mackennal, in original red leather case with gilt highlights, small verdigris spot at 12 o'clock to rev., otherwise UNC; and 2 x Elizabeth II 1953: (1) white metal obv. CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II around crowned bust right, date below, rev. TO COMMEMORATE THE CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II JUNE 2. 1953 on 5 lines within wreath, holed at 12 o'clock and attached to ribbon; and (2) brass obv. HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II around crowned head right, rev. Britannia seated in cruciform centre with emblems of the union at cross ends
Sold for £90
Estimated at £80 - £120
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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