Auction: 374 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NYINC
Lot: 224
The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals | Battle of Trafalgar, AR Nelson Memorial Medal, 1805, by A. Abramson, HORATIVS NELSON, uniformed bust right, rev. FAMAM QVI TERMINAT ASTRIS, rostral column adorned with four prows, laurel wreath and anchors, base decorated with figures of Victory, VINC • HISP • ET • GALL • CLASS • CECIDIT D • XXI OCT • MDCCCV, edge plain, 40mm, 17.36g, 12h (Eimer 964; BHM 574; MH 1919, 497), lightly carbonised fingermark to reverse, otherwise much lustre under darkened and toned surfaces, especially true of the reverse, extremely fine and rare
Provenance
The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals
SCMB, February 1967, M119 - an unusual portrait of Nelson, EF/good EF, R - £8.10.0
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Sold for
$700
Starting price
$250