Auction Catalogue

31 May 2000

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins, Historical and Art Medals

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

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Lot

№ 857

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31 May 2000

Hammer Price:
£65

Italy, International Expo, Milan, and the Opening of the Simplon Tunnel, 1906, a bronze medal by Johnson, figures above tunnel entrance, reverse entrance to the Expo pavilion, 56mm; International Expo, Turin, 1911, a bronze plaque by P.-V. Dautel for the Comité Français, advancing armies above clouds, shields below, reverse figures above a cityscape, 72 x 54mm (cf. Simmons FPL 10, 518; cf. DNW 30, 735). [2]. Extremely fine; former in original brown case, but this distressed (£40-50)