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Cambridge University, Chancellor’s Medal, c. 1751, a specimen copper award by R. Yeo, bust of George II left, rev. allegorical figures, Senate House in distance, 52mm (MI II, 667/377). About extremely fine, rare £150-200

Provenance: E.W. Danson Collection.

Thomas Holles, Duke of Newcastle, instituted the presentation of two gold medals annually for excellence in Classical learning. They were first awarded in March 1752