Aust Historical Medals
Lot 593 Session 3 (2.30pm Tuesday) Aust Historical Medals
Estimate $2,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $4,900
GEORGE III, Resolution and Adventure Medal 1772, in platina (brass) (44mm) struck from first reverse die with die break, by B.F. (Matthew Boulton) (M.H.373; BHM. 165). Missing suspension, even brown patina, even wear with large sections corroded away on reverse, smaller on the obverse, obviously a distributed medal by Captain James Cook during his second voyage of discovery.
Ex Spink Australia Sale 16 (lot 1294) and L.R. Smith Collection.
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