397, Lot: 900. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HANOVER. temp. Victoria. 1837-1901. AR Medal (47mm, 55.52 g, 12h). Centennial of the Conquest of Trinidad, 1897. SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY, bust of Sir Ralph Abercromby facing slightly left / · TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENNIAL OF THE CONQUEST OF TRINIDAD BY THE BRITISH 1897, view of Port of Spain in Trinidad, with fort waving British flag and several ships; in exergue, MISCERIQUE PROBAT/ POPULOS ET FOEDERA/ JUNGI (
He approves both of the people intermingling and of the treaties being entered upon). Eimer 1809a; BHM 623. EF, light scratches.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (21 February 1990), lot 640.