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Auction: 15005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 229

Poland, Stanislaus Augustus (1764-95) gold medal, to the wieght of 10-Ducats, 35.84g, undated (c.1780), stanislaus augustus d.g. rex poloniae m.d. litua, head right, hair held in band, signed on truncation i.p.h., rev. pro fide grege et lege, crowned shield surrounded by ribband of the Order of the White Eagle, resting on branches of oak and palm, badge of the order suspended below, 40mm. (H.Cz.3399 - R3), some hairlines, and one or two very minor marks on edge, otherwise extremely fine and very rare

provenance
Adolph Hess, 25 September 1958, lot 153 (illustrated), CHF.690

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Sold for
£16,000