418, Lot: 614. Estimate $200. Sold for $457. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. Victoria, with Prince Albert. 1837-1901. Æ Medal (89mm, 335.8 g, 12h). Great Exhibition of 1851. Council Medal awarded to Louis-Joseph Deleuil, French optician. Royal mint. By W. Wyon and J. F. Domard, after H. Bonnardel. Dated 1851 in Roman numerals. VICTORIA D : G : REG : F : D : ALBERTUS PRINCEPS CONJUX, jugate heads of Victoria, laureate, and Albert left; confronted dolphins below, trident behind / EST ETIAM IN MAGNO QUAEDAM RESPUBLICA MUNDO, Britania standing facing before throne, crowning figures of Commerce and Industry, clasping hands; banners and products of commerce and industry behind; MDCCLI in exergue. Edge: COUNCIL MEDAL OF THE EXHIBITION. L. J. DELEUIL. CLASS X. Eimer 1455. VF, brown surfaces, edge dings, numerous peck marks on edge. Very rare – only 174 presented to exhibitors.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 308 (7 August 2013), lot 537 (hammer $575).