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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