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Auction: 23127 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 32: Indian and Islamic Coins Featuring the Klaus Bronny Collection of Bhutanese and Nepalese Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 9514

(x) Persia, Naser al-Din Shah (1848-1896), Visit to the City of London, 1873, AE Medal, by A.B. Wyon, NASSER-ED-DEEN SHAH OF PERSIA, draped and wearing a fez decorated with a diamond aigrette, bust three-quarters right, rev. Londinia standing between shields of London and Persia, head right, holds a scroll in her outstretched hand inscribed 20TH JUNE 1873, beyond St. Paul's Cathedral and the Tower of London, 280.65g; 77mm (Eimer 1623; BHM 2951), bruises to the edges and with some contact marking to otherwise lustrous and glass-like fields, lightly toned to light brown surfaces, nearing extremely fine, one of only 400 struck

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£1,500

Starting price
£600