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Lot 712: Tissot PR 50 Gold-Plated Quartz Wristwatch
UK silver-toned medal based on the 1839 Una and the Lion design. The obverse displays a Victoria Young Head portrait with the legend VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIARUM REGINA F: D:. The reverse features the Una and the Lion motif with the legend DIRIGE DEUS GRESSUS MEOS. and the date MDCCCXXXIX in the exergue, positioned above the signature W. WYON R.A. This piece is crown-sized and is struck in a silver-coloured metal. The Una and the Lion design is among the most celebrated in British numismatics, originally created by William Wyon for the 1839 five-pound gold coin.
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