Auction Catalogue

8 September 1999

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 1572

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8 September 1999

Hammer Price:
£65

WORLD ART MEDALS Great Britain, “Prisoner of Conscience”, cast bronze BAMS medal by Ian Rank-Broadley, 1989, nude male althlete, reverse chained figure, 114mm (cf The Medal 17, pp 95-6). Mint state (£40-60)

A powerful medal in which the artist contrasts the athlete breaking his chains with the chained figure crouching in despair.