MEXICO, Colonial. Fernando VII. First reign, 1808. Æ Medal (52mm, 49.34 g, 12h). Establishment of the Supreme Junta of Spain and the Indies. By Tomas Suria. Dated 25 September 1808. EF.

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Lot: 952.
Closing Date: Jul 2 2025 10:00 ET

World Medals, Bronze

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MEXICO, Colonial. Fernando VII. First reign, 1808. Æ Medal (52mm, 49.34 g, 12h). Establishment of the Supreme Junta of Spain and the Indies. By Tomas Suria. Dated 25 September 1808. TODO REMACE, three figures seated right at table on podium between draped columns; various implements of commerce and industry at podium base; in background, statues in niches; to left, lion standing right, head left, resting paws on gloves; in exergue, A LA IMMORTALIDAD/ POR LA DICHOSA INSTALACION/ DE LA SUPREMA JUNTA CENTRAL/ DE ESPAÑA E INDIAS, HECA/ EN 25 DE SEPTIEMBRE/ DE 1808 · LA N · E / RESTAURADORA DE LA EUROPA, Personification of America standing right, wearing feather head dress and holding sacrificial knife and crown of roses, and Hispania standing left, holding cap on spear and shield inscribed FVII; cherub to right; arms and sacks of coins on ground; in exergue, UN AMERICA AMIGO DEL/ ORDEN LA IDEO Y PROMO–/ VIO : TOMAS SURIA LA/ GRABO EN MEXICO/ AÑO DE 1808. Grove F-31b. Brown surfaces. EF.

From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex H. Christensen 88 (7 September 1984), lot 1064.


Closing Date and Time: 2 July 2025 at 15:17:00 ET.

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