Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2019 ANA - Online Sess. 19-21 Aug 2019
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SWEDEN. Death of King Gustaf III Silver Medal, 1792. EXTREMELY FINE.
Hild-93. Silver medal struck for the death of King Gustaf III in 1792. Obverse: Laureate bust right; Reverse: Hercules rises to the heavens from a funeral pyre. Lightly toned, a few field nicks.
Hild-93. Silver medal struck for the death of King Gustaf III in 1792. Obverse: Laureate bust right; Reverse: Hercules rises to the heavens from a funeral pyre. Lightly toned, a few field nicks.
In March 1792, the king of Sweden was shot at a masked ball in Stockholm, which event was the inspiration for Verdi's opera, Un ballo in maschera.
Estimate: $300.00- $600.00