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Sweden, Electrotype medal 1792
Sweden, Kingdom. Gustav III (1771–1792). Electrotype medal 1792 (56mm, 76.50 g). The Assassination of Gustav. By C. H. Küchler.
Obv. GUSTAVUS III · D : G · REX SVECIAE, Armored and draped bust to right.
Rev. TAM MARTE QUAM MERCURIO, Altar surmounted by garlanded urn; cherub to left, personification of Fortune to right, standing facing, holding wreath up toward the heavens; military and musical instruments in background; in four lines in exergue, NATUS · D · XXIIII JAN · MDCCXXXXVI · / SUCC · D · XII · FEB · MDCCLXXI · / TRUCID : XVI MART · MDCCXCII · / OB · D · XXIX SUP · MENS · ET AN ·.
Cf. Hildebrand 98; Pollard 3 (bronze).
Extremely fine.
From an old Swiss private collection formed before 1942.
Sweden, Kingdom. Gustav III (1771–1792). Electrotype medal 1792 (56mm, 76.50 g). The Assassination of Gustav. By C. H. Küchler.
Obv. GUSTAVUS III · D : G · REX SVECIAE, Armored and draped bust to right.
Rev. TAM MARTE QUAM MERCURIO, Altar surmounted by garlanded urn; cherub to left, personification of Fortune to right, standing facing, holding wreath up toward the heavens; military and musical instruments in background; in four lines in exergue, NATUS · D · XXIIII JAN · MDCCXXXXVI · / SUCC · D · XII · FEB · MDCCLXXI · / TRUCID : XVI MART · MDCCXCII · / OB · D · XXIX SUP · MENS · ET AN ·.
Cf. Hildebrand 98; Pollard 3 (bronze).
Extremely fine.
From an old Swiss private collection formed before 1942.