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Sweden, Death of King Gustav III, 1792, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, bust right, rev. sarcophagus decorated with trophies and devices, 57mm (Pollard 3; BDM III, 239). Extremely fine (£80-100)

Obverse only illustrated. Executed in the summer of 1793. Gustavus III (1746-92), poet, dramatist and patron of the arts, assassinated by conspiring nobles at a masquerade in Stockholm, 29 March 1792