Auction Catalogue

24 June 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 2190

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24 June 2009

Hammer Price:
£45

Portugal, Marquis de Pombal, 1772, a copper medal, unsigned, bust right, rev. Hercules offers flowers to Portugal, 46mm (Lamas pl.12/35; Wurzbach 7613). Pierced, good fine, scarce
£40-60

The reverse alludes to the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1759