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Auction: 7023 - The Glenister Collection of British Coins & other Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 329

Count Alexey Bestuzhev-Riumin, 1762, gold medal by J.G. Waechter, draped bust left, signed i.g.w.f. below, rev. immobilis in mobili, a rock in a stormy sea, the sun dispersing storm clouds above, semper idem mdcclxii in exergue, 51mm. 49.7g. (Diakov 111.1 - listed in silver as R3, but not listed in gold; Reichel 4461), a few light marks but extremely fine, very rare Estimate £ 5,000-8,000

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