Irish Coins & Historical Medals

Parsonstown Academy, an engraved silver award medal, seated Minerva holding wreath over boy, cherub flies above holding scroll inscribed sua præmia laudi, rev. engraved (This Medal was adjuged to Master John James for his Extraordinary Merit in the use of the Globes on the 14th day of July 1797), 51mm. A delightful medal, a little tarnished but extremely fine and very rare; set within rim and hinged suspender £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Irish Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: DNW Auction 57, 19 March 2003, lot 1318