HANOVER. temp. George III. 1760-1820. Restrike Æ Medal (63mm, 129.80 g, 12h). 175th Anniversary of The Battle of Waterloo. After B. Pistrucci . Struck by the Royal Mint, after an 1849 original. As made.

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British Medals, Bronze

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HANOVER. temp. George III. 1760-1820. Restrike Æ Medal (63mm, 129.80 g, 12h). 175th Anniversary of The Battle of Waterloo. After B. Pistrucci . Struck by the Royal Mint, after an 1849 original. Conjoined laureate and draped busts left of the allied sovereigns: George III, King of Great Britain, Franz II, Emperor of Austria, Alexander I, Tsar of Russia, and Wilhelm III, King of Prussia; around, allegorical and mythological allusions to the Treaty of Peace, which resulted from the Battle of Waterloo: above, Apollo driving quadriga left, restoring the day; to upper right, the rainbow Zephyr and Iris following to right; to upper left, Gemini indicating the month in which the battle occurred; to right, Hercules seated right upon rock, suppressing the Furies within the Cimmerian caverns below; to left, Themis, the protector of the Just, seated left; to lower left, the Fates spinning the future, indicating that human actions will be governed by Justice alone; below, Night, the mother of the Fates, receding into darkness / Two equestrian figures, in classical attire and with the features of the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard von Blücher, being guided to the battle by Victory; around, the Battle of the Giants, being silenced from above by the thunder of Jupiter, driving facing quadriga. Cf. BHM 870; Eimer 2166 (not listed in Æ); cf. Bramsen 2317. Brown surfaces, a couple of tiny spots of corrosion on obverse. As made.


Closing Date and Time: 18 October 2023 at 15:28:00 ET.

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