397, Lot: 889. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. temp. George III. 1760-1820. CU Medal (41mm, 40.79 g, 12h). Mudie’s National Medals Series: Constitution Given to the Ionian Islands. By A. J. Depaulis. Dated 1817 (in Roman numerals, but struck in 1818 or 1820). MDCCXVII, Britannia seated left, placing right hand on the tablets of the Constitution, left supporting shield; in background to right, statue of Neptune on garlanded base; in exergue, ENGLAND GIVES A/ CONSTITUTION TO / Seven females, representing the seven Ionian islands, dancing around British flag; in exergue, THE IONIAN ISLANDS. BHM 958; Eimer 1094; Mudie 40. Superb EF, brown surfaces, a few light marks.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.