Auction Catalogue

17 November 1999

Starting at 1:00 PM

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

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

Lot

№ 742

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17 November 1999

Hammer Price:
£110

Sir Ralph Abercrombie, London Highland Society medal, 1801, by Pidgeon after West, bust right, reverse Highlander with drawn sword seizing French standard, b. west. p. r a. and pidgeon f in exergue, Gaelic inscription on edge, 49mm (BHM 512 and note; Gordon 29). Extremely fine (£80-100)

A rare variety with the inscription in the exergue. Brown notes examples in the Fitzwilliam and Ashmolean Museum and also states the gold specimen of this medal in the Royal Collection is also of this variety.