Auction Catalogue

17 December 2007

Starting at 1:30 PM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1281

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17 December 2007

Hammer Price:
£250

19th Century, John Hodgson Elected MP for Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1830, a silver medal by T.W. Ingram, bust left, rev. Hodgson arms and crest, 57mm (BHM 1444). Minor surface marks in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine and deeply toned, extremely rare in silver (£300-350)

Plate 3. John Hodgson (1806-69), Elswick House, Newcastle-on-Tyne; educated at Durham School and Trinity College, Cambridge; MP for Newcastle 1830-5; from 1836 known as John Hodgson-Hinde