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Elizabeth II (1833-1868). Medal. 1857. Barcelona. The City at the birth of the Prince of Asturia. (Vq-14333). (Cru. Medalles-582c). Anv.: Queen Isabel II in costume, crown and royal mantle, presents the newborn, at her feet, a lion leaning on the oval coat of arms of Spain and behind a throne with canopy, in the background, the sea on which sails a ship and the two worlds between the columns of Hercules, behind, the rising sun, in exergue ORIETUR IN DIEBUS EJUS JUSTITIA. / ET ABUNDATIA PACIS. / Ps. LXXI. 7.. Rev.: Coat of arms of Barcelona with latticework, stamped with a county crown with bat on top, between attributes of Commerce, Industry, Sciences and Arts, on the sides, the Besós and the Llobregat rivers, represented as two old men reclining with a rudder and a pitcher from which water flows, in the background, two trains running in opposite directions, the walled factory city, Montjuic and behind it, the sea, in exergue OB FAUSTUM PRINCIPIS ALPHONSI / ORTUMˆ CIVITAS BARCINONENSISˆ / SUISˆ LÆTANSˆ DICAT REGIBUSi / MDCCCLVII. A izquierda JACOB HIMMIO LO […] (en minúscula cursiva). . 210,90 g. Engraver: A. Casals and Tintoré. Design: M. Garriga. 72mm. Edge nocks. Choice VF. Est...150,00.
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