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Numismatic Medals from the North Yorkshire Moors Collection

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№ 1010 x

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5 May 2021

Hammer Price:
£130

Retirement of Robert Carson from the British Museum, 1983, a bronze medal by R. Elderton, facing bust, rev. legend around a montage of ancient coins, 64mm (W 3015). Extremely fine, as made £30-£40

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Numismatic Medals from the North Yorkshire Moors Collection.

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Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson (1918-2006), a career numismatist at the Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum from 1947, served as Keeper from 1978 to 1983; his principal field of expertise was Roman numismatics