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Electronic Auction 441  3 Apr 2019
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Lot 575

Estimate: 250 USD
Price realized: 340 USD
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RUSSIA, Empire. Aleksandr II Nikolaevich. 1855-1881. CU Medal (77mm, 193.05 g, 12h). On the Tsar's Visit to London, 18 May 1874. By Charles Wiener, Brussels. Dated 1874 (in Roman numerals). ALEXANDER II RUSSORUM IMPERATOR, bust left, wearing Hussar's uniform; CH : WIENER, BRUSSELS. below / SERVORUM EMANCIPATOR LIBERAE CIVITATIS. XVIII MAII MDCCCLXXIV., Britannia, holding shield set on ground and with two genii (one holding mace; the other, sword) standing at either side, standing left, extending hand to tsar standing right, wearing imperial regalia; behind, imperial double-headed eagle set on pedestal proclaiming manumission of the serfs; in background Pax standing facing on pedestal holding olive branch and flowers in outstretched arms; LONDINI and CHARLES WIENER in two lines below. Diakov 807.1; BHM –; Eimer 1634. EF, brown surfaces, slightly misty fields.

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