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IRAN<br />
2548 Coin, Tahmasp II (1704-1740; reigned 1729-1732), Silver 5-Abbasi, AH1142 [1729-1730], Isfahan mint,<br />
legends both sides, 26.27g (KM 305). Perhaps at one time mounted, dark tone, very fine and rare. £400-500<br />
MEXICO<br />
2549 Ferdinand VII (1784-1833; King 1808, 1813-1833), Gilt-bronze Proclamation Medal for the Seminario<br />
Tridentino, Mexico City, 1809, by J Guerrero, uniformed bust left, rev Fidelity, a dog at her side, carries a<br />
medallic portrait of the King up a winding path to a temple, FIDELITAS DOLI VICTRIX, 58mm x 47.5mm<br />
(Grove F32a, not shown with wreath), struck with integral tied wreath suspender (lacks actual loop).<br />
Very fine. £150-200<br />
NETHERLANDS<br />
2550 2551 (image reduced)<br />
2550 Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536), small cast Bronze Medal, by Hieronymous Magdeburger (d 1540), in<br />
the style of Quentin Massys, bust left wearing soft cap, ER – RO, rev bust of Terminus, 32.5mm (Katz 34;<br />
Habich 1893). A late aftercast, fine. £50-80<br />
2551 Erasmus (1466-1536), humanist and theologian, cast uniface Bronze Medal, by Georg Schweigger (1613-1619),<br />
three-quarter facing bust right, 78mm. Extremely fine, “MH” monogram scratched on reverse. £150-200
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