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Sale 95
THE NEW YORK SALE
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Lot 2379 |
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Medal. Silver. By A. Griliches, Jr. 50.7 mm. On the Coronation of Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna, 1883. Diakov 931.2 (R1), Sm 873/b. Conjoined heads of Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna right, A.A.?P. on truncation / Imperial eagle. Some friction hairlines. Lustrous pale lavender-gray fields well compliment high-relief types. Brilliant uncirculated. Estimate $2,500UP
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$2,478 |
Lot 2380 |
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Medal. Silver. By A. Scharff. 42 mm. To the Visitor of Grand Duke Mikhailovich’s Collection, 1887. Diakov 1005.1 (R2), Sm 1386. St. George on horseback right slaying the dragon with his sword / Woman seated left inspects a coin while leaning on a board inscribed HYM??MAT?KA, young workman holding mallet stands before her, cornucopiae, book and vase by feet. In exergue: A. ?ap??? Inscribed on edge: BE??KI? KH??? ?EOP?I? M?XA??OB??? 18*87. These charming medals were given to visitors of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich’s Collection, 1887-1907. Earliest date known. Extremely rare. Suberb strike, attractively toned. Prooflike brilliant uncirculated. Estimate $5,000UP
Ex Swiss Bank Corporation Sale # 10, Basel, January 27-29, 1981, lot 1432. Comes with sale tag.
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$31,860 |
Lot 2381 |
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Medal. Bronze. 77.8 mm. By S. Bazhenin and V. Nikonov. 50th Anniversary of the Musical Work of Composer A.G. Rubenstein, 1889. Diakov 1028.1 (R1), Sm 962. Bust left, signed BA?EH?H? / Lyre, ribbon below with musical notation, within wreath, radiant star above. Milk chocolate-brown. Uncirculated. Estimate $800UP
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$797 |
Lot 2382 |
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Medal. GOLD. 46 mm. 43.32 gm. Unsigned. 50th Anniversary of the Imperial Odessa Historical and Antiquities Society, 1889. Diakov 1031.1 (R5), Sm 979. Portraits of Alexander III, Alexander II and Nicholas I within wreath / Radiant old style dates at center, Society legend around, all within wreath. Extremely rare. Some friction hairlines in field. Brilliant uncirculated. Estimate $25,000UP
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Lot 2383 |
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Love token. ‘In Memory of the Visit to St. Petersburg, July 20, 1891’. Around cipher ‘N A’ in Cyrillic neatly engraved on the planed reverse of a 1811 C??-?C Rouble. Russian "love tokens" are extremely rare. Very fine. Estimate $250UP
Ex Kennedi Auctions, Encino, CA sale, lot 2593. With sale tag.
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$401 |
Lot 2384 |
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Medal. Silver. Unsigned. 39.5 mm. On the Death of Emperor Alexander III, 1894. Diakov--, apparently unlisted. Uniformed bust of Alexander III right with the shoulder in very high relief / 17-line legend in Cyrillic reviewing Alexander the Third’s reign. Very rare. Obverse friction hairlines in prooflike fields. Deep steely gray with pale vermillion peripheral hues. Brilliant uncirculated. Estimate $2,000UP
Ex ‘Virgil M. Brand, Chicago’ Collection. Spink & Son, Numismatics Ltd., Zürich, April 15-16, 1986, lot 216. With sale envelope.
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$6,195 |
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