Auction Catalogue

14 December 2004

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

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

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Lot

№ 1454

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14 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£160

New Zealand, New Zealand Institute for Research in Radiation, 1927, a bronze medal by A.G. Wyon, bust of Sir Thomas Sidey left, rev. standing figures of Ceres and Medicine, edge named (1936, Sir Leonard Hill, FRS, for Work on Beneficial Effect of Light), 63mm (Morel –). Extremely fine, rare (£40-60)

Provenance:
Bt in Germany 1981.

Sir Leonard Erskine Hill (1866-1952), of Corton, near Lowestoft, was director of the Department of Applied Physiology and professor of physiology at London Hospital; Sir Thomas Kay Sidey (1863-1933), lawyer and politician from Dunedin