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Lot 279:
Description
Victory of Lord Clive at Plassey, 1758, bronze medal by John Pingo, Victory riding an elephant left, VICTORY. AT. PLASSY. CLIVE. COMMANDER, in exergue, MDCCLVIII SOC. P.A.C., rev. Clive hands a dolphin-headed staff to Mir Jafar, INIVRIES. ATTONED. PRIVILEGE. AVGMENTED. TERRITORY. ACQVIRED. in exergue, A. SOVBAH. GIVEN. TO. BENGAL. MDCCLVIII, 40mm, 25.18g (MI ii 683/400; Eimer 655; Eimer Pingo 30; Puddester 757). Light cabinet wear to high points, the die crack in its early stages, extremely fine.
Condition report:
While all examples exhibit a die crack in the obverse exergue, the present medal\'s die crack is in its early stages suggesting this is one of the earliest strikes.
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