Lot Archive

Lot

№ 606

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29 November 2001

Hammer Price:
£15

Dublin Musical Society, c.1760-80, a bronze award medal, unsigned, Dionysius suckling the breast of his daughter Eurphrasca while in prison, rev. musical instruments, named (Patrick Dease), 35mm (D & W 121/163; cf. Noble Collection Pt II, lot 877, different dies). Only about fine, with a large patch of verdigris on obverse and a smaller patch on reverse, but very rare (£20-30)