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Auction: 21124 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 9: British and World Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 6237

The Waterloo Medal, Restrike AR Medal, 1967-1975, by Pinches after B. Pistrucci, conjoined, laureate and draped bust left of the Prince Regent, Francis II (Austria), Alexander I (Russia) and Frederick William III (Prussia). Above Apollo driving a quadriga; around, border of allegorical and mythological allusions. rev. Victory advancing, guides the equestrian figures of Wellington and Blucher, each in Roman dress. Above, Jupiter driving a quadriga; around, a border featuring the battle of giants, on edge WATERLOO JUNE 18, 1815. 55, 64mm, as struck, rare, a low number, 55 out of 5,000 produced

A reduced-size version of the original medal produced in the 1840's (Eimer 1067) to honor the leaders of the countries involved in the defeat of Napoleon.


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