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Auction: 1012 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 842

United States of America, Washington before Boston 1776 large bronze medal by Pierre Simon Duvivier, georgio washington svpremo dvci exercitvvm adsertori libertatis, head right, hair tied in a queue, rev. Washington and four officers on horseback, the city of Boston in the distance, 69mm. (Adams and Bentley ch.3 - 52 examples recorded in copper; Baker 47b; Julian MI.1; Stahl 22), a small flaw below m of svpremo and another through e of adsertori, beginning of die crack below lowest curl, all indications of an original striking, some light marks in lower obverse field, but about extremely fine with an attractive rich brown patina, unusually fine for this medal Estimate £ 3,000-5,000

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