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Auction: 320 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale and the Forest Park Collection
Lot: 1083

Iceland. Kingdom. Medallic Set for the Millennium of the Althing, 1930. Silver 10 and 5 Krónur and Bronze 2 Krónur, 1930. Struck privately at the Saxon State mint in Muldenhutten per parliamentary request. The "King of Thule"/Elder seated l. on a curvate throne, blessing a boy and girl kneeling either side of him /Crowned Arms supported by Iceland's protective spirits; the first Norse permanent settler Ingólfur Arnarson standing facing/Art Deco dragon; Woman/Justice seated facing, holding aloft a torch/ Nordic cross quartering the landvættir - protective spirits: Gammur (the sea-eagle or griffin), Dreki (the dragon), Grithungur (the bull) and Bergrisi (the rock giant), who safeguarded Iceland from invasion by Danish king Harald Blatand ("Bluetooth") Gormsen. Bruce XM1-3. In a custom frame, white with gold lettering. Some spotting on the bronze coin. About Uncirculated-Uncirculated. (3)

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