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Lot 285. Great Britain, AE Medal n.d. (1816?)

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Great Britain, AE Medal n.d. (1816?)

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eAuction #87, Lot 285. Estimate: CHF 25.00

Great Britain. Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire. AE Medal n.d. (1816?) (15 mm, 3.28 g), by Carlo Pierini.
Obv. E D DE DEVONS, Bust of the duchess to left; below, C P..
Rev. A dog's head and a stag's head couped.

Good extremely fine.

Elizabeth, daughter of Frederick Augustus, fourth Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Deny, married 1st, John Thomas Foster, cousin to Lord Oriel, and 2ndly, 19th October, 1809, William, fifth Duke of Devonshire. She died 20th March, 1824. After the decease of her husband, in 1811, the Duchess resided much in Italy, especially at Rome, where she took great interest in the excavations carried on in that city between 1815 and 1819.



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