British and World Historical Medals

Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington, 1841, a copper medal by B. Pistrucci, bust left, rev. plumed Bellerephon helmet decorated with classical scenes, thunderbolt below, edge named (W.R. Hamilton), 61mm (Eimer 118; BHM 2011; E 1353). Very fine £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals Associated with Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington.

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Provenance: J.N. Spencer Collection, DNW Auction M1, 15 December 2005, lot 1353.

Capt William Richard Hamilton (1777-1859), antiquarian and diplomat, patron of Pistrucci and founder member of the Numismatic Society of London; it was he who published the electrotypes of Pistrucci’s Waterloo medal in 1852. Other medals named to Hamilton are known