1792, Sweden, Gustav III. Bronzed Copper Medal. Assasinaiton of the King. PCGS SP-63!
Mint Year: 1718 Maker: Matthew Boulton Medallist: C. H. Küchler Reference: Hild. 98, Pollard 3. Condition: Certified and graded by PCGS as SP-63! Denomination: Medal – Mourning Medal / Assasination of Gustav III of Sweden Material: Bronzed Copper Diameter: 56mm Weight: 78gm
Obverse: Cuirassed bust of Gustavus III right. Legend: GUSTAVUS III . D: G . REX SVECIAE .
Reverse: A tomb surmounted with an urn, a putto to left, Fame holding up a wreath to right. Legend: TAM MARTE QUAM MERCURIO Exergue: NATUS D.XXIIII JAN. MDCCXXXXVI./SUCC.D.XIII FEB.MDCCLXXI./TRUCID:D.XVI MART.MDCCXCII./OB.D.XXIX SUP.MENS.ET AN.
Gustav III, (24 January [O.S. 13 January] 1746 – 29 March 1792) was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden and Queen Louise Ulrika (a sister of King Frederick the Great of Prussia), and a first cousin of Empress Catherine the Great of Russia by reason of their common descent from Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, and his wife Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach.