Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 502
The Dr Frank Becker Collection | South Africa, Z.A.R., Opening of the Railway between Pretoria and Delagoa Bay, AE Medal, 1895, by Johan Philip Mathias Menger, OPENING VAN DEN DELAGOABAAI SPOORWEG., draped bust left, rev. NEDERLANDSCHE ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE SPOORWEG-MAATSCHAPPIJ, winged wheel of Hermes, with lightning bolts, date above in radiant sky, plain edge, 44mm, 38.20g (Hern 16; Moyaux 52; cf. Numismata Africana 1652-1952, p. 24-25), a couple of faint and superficial surface marks, otherwise bronzed, a handsome extremely fine, scarce
Provenance
The Dr Frank Becker Collection of World Coins
Seaby, by private treaty, 1971
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Estimate
£80 to £120
Starting price
£60