Auction Catalogue

19 June 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Ancient, British and World Coins. Tokens, Tickets and Passes. Historical and Art Medals. Numismatic Books. British and World Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 812

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19 June 2002

Hammer Price:
£30

Finland, Finland, 700th Anniversary of the Founding of Åbo, 1929, a bronze medal by Prof. E. Wikstrom, city seal within wreath, rev. townscape, 60mm; Svenska Klassiska Lyceum, Åbo, 1937, a bronze medal by J. Vikainen for Sporrong & Co, frontal elevation of the Lyceum, rev. two standing male nudes by altar, 56mm [2]. Extremely fine (£40-60)

Åbo, the Swedish name for present-day Turku, the port in south-west Finland