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Auction: 394 - Coins, Commemorative Medals, Autographs and Documents - e-Auction
Lot: 280

Portugal. Lot of 18th-19th Century Medals. Includes: Foundation of the Royal Academy, 1720. By A. Mengin. Later bronzed copy, 51mm. João V bust left / The king raising a kneeling Lusitania; VF; Foundation of the Church of the Most Holy Heart of Jesus, 1779. White Metal, 51.2mm. Radiant heart, two genii below, genii around / Six-line legend and date within cartouche. Fine; Marriage of Infante Mariana Vitória de Braganza to Infante Gabriel of Spain, 1785. Bronze, 41.3mm. Two genii holding four hearts over lit altar, a third above holding a torch / Five-line legend within wreath. A few rim nicks, VF; and City of Porto. In Memory of the Portuguese Restoration War, 1862. Silvered Bronze, 30mm. João IV bust right / Five-line central legend, legend around. Very scarce. EF. (4)

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