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Auction: 23107 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 27: British and World Coins, Medals and Tokens Featuring the 'Leja Park' Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 7446

Davison's Medal: Victory of the Nile, AE Medal, 1798, by C. H. Kuchler and Soho (Birmingham) Mint, REAR - ADMIRAL LORD NELSON OF THE NILE., hope standing on a rocky promontory, holding a medallion of Nelson, rev. ALMIGHTLY GOD HAS BLESSED HIS MAJESTY'S ARMS., British fleet assembled in Aboukir Bay, VICTORY OF THE NILE AUGUST 1. 1798, FROM ALEXR. DAVISON ESQR. ST. JAMESS SQUARE = A TRIBUTE OF REGARD. on edge, 47mm, 40.25g (Eimer 890; BHM 447), some light bagmarks, otherwise the obverse with a pleasing brown tone and residually lustrous, good very fine

A personal award by Alexander Davison (1750-1829), Nelson's prize agent and confidant, who had amassed a large fortune as a government contractor. Medals were given in gold (admirals and captains), silver (officers), gilt bronze (petty officers) and bronze (all others).

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