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Coronation of Victoria, 1838, bronze medal by Benedetto Pistrucci, bust left, VICTORIA D.G. BRITANNIARUM REGINA F.D. rev. Britannia, Hibernia and Scotia offer the crown to Victoria, ERIMUS TIBI NOBILE REGNUM, in exergue, INAUGURATA DIE JUNII XXVIII MDCCCXXXVIII, 36mm, 25.20g (BHM 1801; Eimer 1315), good very fine; together with white metals medals (4), Death of George IV, 1830, unsigned, bare head left, GEORGE IV ASCENDED THE BRITISH THRONE JAN 29 1820 IN THE 58 YEAR OF HIS AGE, rev. DIED JUNE 26 1830 on plinth supporting funerary urn, 45mm (cf BHM 1371-73), nearly extremely fine; Coronation of William IV, 1831, by T W Ingram, conjoined busts right, THEIR MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTIES etc. rev. Britannia, Scotia and Hibernia attend the royal couple at their coronation, KING WILLIAM IV etc., 41mm, 25.16g (BHM 1485), very fine; Opening of London Bridge, 1831, by B Wyon, arms, crest and motto of the City of London, rev. Bridge-House Estates mark within oak wreath, LONDON BRIDGE COMMENCED 15 JUNE 1825 OPENED 1 AUGUST 1831, 27mm, 7.13g (BHM 1545), very fine; Exhibition of Art Treasures, Manchester, 1857, by Messrs Pinches, view of the exhibition buildings, EXHIBITION OF ART TREASURES etc., rev. three muses, date in exergue, 41mm, 17.29g (BHM 2609), extremely fine. (5)
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