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Auction: 15005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 223

Poland, Princess Louise Caroline Radziwill, gold medal, on her eighth birthday, 1675, ludovica carolina. radzivilia. d.g.birs dub sluc & kop dux, bust right, hair in ringlets and set with pearls, aet 8 an 1675 d.27 feb below, rev. two eagles deserting their young in a nest, shield at base of tree, birse above city view in the distance, in exergue pater me' et mater mea dereliqver me dom. a. assumpsit me psxxvii.v.x., 34.48g, 42mm., plain edge (HCZ 6117 - R5), mark at 12 o'clock from a mount, good very fine, extremely rare in gold

provenance
The Late Alfred Morrison Esq., Christie's, 23 July 1965, lot 95 (illustrated), £140

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Sold for
£17,000