Auction Catalogue

6 December 2012

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 1158

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6 December 2012

Hammer Price:
£720

Great Britain, Royal Astronomical Society of London, Newton Medal, a silver award by W. Wyon, bust of Isaac Newton left, rev. Herschel’s telescope in frame, named (Struck by Permission of the Council for the Collection of J.Y. Akerman Esqr. F.S.A., 1840), 48mm (D & W 149/372; E 1137, footnote). Extremely fine and toned, rare, especially with the numismatic association £300-400

John Yonge Akerman (1806-73), from Camberwell, London, founded the Numismatic Society of London in 1836 and was a pioneer in many fields of British numismatics in the second quarter of the 19th century