Stack's Bowers Galleries

February 2022 World CCO Auction  –  22 - 24 February 2022

Stack's Bowers Galleries, February 2022 World CCO Auction

Ancient and World Coins

Part 1: Tu, 22.02.2022, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 2: We, 23.02.2022, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 3: Th, 24.02.2022, from 6:00 PM CET
The auction is closed.

Description

GREAT BRITAIN. Olympic Games Silvered Bronze Medal, 1908. PCGS MS-61.

BHM-3963; Eimer-1904. By B. Mackennel. Diameter: 50mm. Obverse: Charioteer, holding whip and reins, driving quadriga left; nude participant standing left in quadriga, with hand over breast and holding palm frond and billowing cape; Reverse: Fame, with head right and holding palm frond and trumpet, standing facing on globe. Edge : Plain. A SCARCE and exceptionally alluring early representative for the modern Olympic Games, with the 1908 games being held in London. Compare to a similar, fully silver example in our 2014 NYINC auction (lot # 2161), which realized a hammer of $2,200.

Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00

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Price realized 650 USD
Starting price 180 USD
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