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Electronic Auction 387  30 November 2016
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Lot 583

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 190 USD
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ITALY, Regno delle Due Sicilie. Gioacchino Murat. 1808-1815. Æ Medal (44mm, 39.36 g, 12h). Premium for the Pubblica Esposizione di Belle Arte e delle Manufatture. Napoli mint. Dated 1811 (in Roman numerals), but probably a later restrike. IOACHIMVS NAPOLEO NEAP. ET SICILIAE REX, head left / SIC ARTIBVS VENIT HONOS, Minerva sraeted left, holding wreath over tripod containing drafting tools, and resting arm on shield; aggricultural tools on ground. Bramsen 1136. EF, brown surfaces, hint of underlying luster, traces of die rust in obverse fields, file marks on edge.

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