1815 Waterloo medal pattern. Copper, 36 mm. Unlisted in MY, BBM, or BHM. Dies by Thomas Wyon. Choice About Uncirculated.

1815 Waterloo medal pattern. Copper, 36 mm. Unlisted in MY, BBM, or BHM. Dies by Thomas Wyon. Choice About Uncirculated.

Plain edge. A handsome trial proposal for the Waterloo medal, struck on a stout 4.0 mm thick flan. The obverse shows a nude laureled bust of George IV to left in a heavy wreath, with significant raised scribe lines still visible in the die inside the wreath. The reverse is quite similar to the authorized design, suggesting that what is present here is from a matrix, as letter positions and other fine details are identical, but here the top of O in WELLINGTON has been overpolished and left open. The exergue is nearly empty, and the T. WYON JUN S is in a different position. Lustrous dark brown with honey gold highlights. An attractive and interesting piece.

Estimate: $400 - $800.

Provenance: From the Gem Collection.

Earlier from Sotheby's sale of July 1980, lot 26 (part); Dr. Arthur B. King Collection; Stack's / Morton and Eden's sale of the King Collection, October 2003, lot 575.

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