Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Father Mathew [1838], a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Davis], cross above legend in wreath, rev. Father Matthew preaching to a kneeling congregation, edge named (Presented by the Very Revd. Theobald Mathew to John Y. Marshall as a memorial of esteem, March 9th 1843), 44mm (BHM 1868). About extremely fine, attractively toned (£70-90)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Irish Medals in Gold and Silver from the Collection of James Spencer.

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Theobald Mathew (1790-1856), a Capuchin priest popularly known as Father Mathew, established the Total Abstinence Society of Ireland in Cork in 1838