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14–16 June 2017
British Medals, WORLD COINS, British Medals, George I, Coronation, 1714, a silver medal by J. Croker, laureate bust right, rev. Britannia crowning King, 34mm, 14.92g (MI II, 424/9; E 470). Nearly extremely fine, toned £150-200
Hammer Price: £240
British Medals, WORLD COINS, British Medals, Order of the Bath Revived, 1725, a copper medal by J. Croker, 46mm (MI II, 463/75; E 501); British Victories, 1798, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, 48mm (BHM 458; E 897); Preliminaries for the Peace of Amiens, 1801, a copper medal, unsigned [by H. Kettle], 38mm (BHM 516; E 935); Victoria, 70th Birthday, 1889, a copper medal by L.C. Lauer, 65mm (W & E 1586A.1; BHM 3365; E 1747) [4]. Good very fine or better £150-200
Hammer Price: £280
British Medals, WORLD COINS, British Medals, George II, Coronation, 1727, a silver medal by J. Croker, laureate bust left, rev. King, enthroned, being crowned by Britannia who holds a cornucopiæ, 35mm, 18.29g (MI II, 479/4; E 510). About extremely fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £260
British Medals, WORLD COINS, British Medals, George II, Coronation, 1727, a silver medal by J. Croker, similar, 35mm, 18.11g (MI II, 479/4; E 510). Some hairlines, otherwise extremely fine, toned £120-150
British Medals, WORLD COINS, British Medals, George II, Coronation, 1727, a silver medal by J. Croker, 35mm, 18.63g (MI II, 479/4; E 510); George IV, Coronation, 1821, medals by B. Pistrucci (2), in silver and copper, both 35mm (BHM 1070; E 1146) [3]. Very fine or better; last in contemporary fitted leather case £100-150
Hammer Price: £220
British Medals, WORLD COINS, British Medals, British Victories, 1759, a brass medal on a thick flan, unsigned, 44mm (MI II, 708/444; E 677; Betts 418); together with other base metal medals (3), silver medalets (3), 1630-1761 [7]. Varied state £100-150
Hammer Price: £300
British Medals, WORLD COINS, British Medals, George III, Coronation, 1761, a silver medal by L. Natter, laureate and armoured bust right, rev. King enthroned, being crowned by Britannia, 34mm, 19.14g (BHM 23; E 694). Small dig in front of nose, otherwise about very fine, toned £120-150
Hammer Price: £170
British Medals, WORLD COINS, British Medals, Constitution Granted to the Ionian Islands, 1817, a copper medal by A.J. Depaulis for Mudie, Britannia seated holding tablets, rev. figures of the seven islands dance around Union Flag, 41mm (BHM 958; E 1094; Julius 3609). Extremely fine £100-120
Hammer Price: £110
British Medals, WORLD COINS, British Medals, Duke of Wellington Appointed Governor of Plymouth, 1819, a copper medal by T. Webb and P. Rouw for Mudie, 55mm (Eimer 94; BHM 986; E 1118); together with other medals in silver (3), copper (8), 1811-97 [12]. Fine and better £100-150
Hammer Price: £360
British Medals, WORLD COINS, British Medals, William IV, Coronation, 1831, a silver medal by W. Wyon, bust right, rev. bust of Queen Adelaide right, 33mm (BHM 1475; E 1251). A few surface marks, otherwise extremely fine or better £90-120
British Medals, WORLD COINS, British Medals, William IV, Coronation, 1831, medals by W. Wyon (2), in silver and copper, bust right, revs. bust of Queen Adelaide right, both 33mm (BHM 1475; E 1251) [2]. About extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £200
British Medals, WORLD COINS, British Medals, Colonial and Indian Reception at the Guildhall, 1886, bronze medals by Elkington & Co for the Corporation of the City of London (2), crowned arms and shields on mantle, revs. interior of the Guildhall, both 77mm (BHM 3214; E 1726; Pudd 886.1.1; Taylor 185a) [2]. Extremely fine; in dark leather gilt-blocked case of issue £200-300
Hammer Price: £460
British Medals, WORLD COINS, British Medals, 700th Anniversary of the Mayoralty of London, 1889, a bronze medal by A. Kirkwood & Son for the Corporation of the City of London, busts of Richard I and Victoria vis-à-vis, St George and dragon below, rev. seated Londinia receiving symbols of Mayoralty from St Michael, cityscape behind, 81mm (BHM 3377; E 1752). Good extremely fine; in case of issue [lid loose] £150-200
British Medals, WORLD COINS, British Medals, Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, medals by G.W. de Saulles (4), in silver and bronze (3), all 55mm (W & E 3000.3, 3000.4; BHM 3506; E 1817); Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, medals by G.W. de Saulles (6), in silver and bronze (5), all 55mm (W & E 4100.3, 4100.4; BHM 3737; E 1871) [10]. Mostly extremely fine; all in cases of issue £120-150
Hammer Price: £380
British Medals, WORLD COINS, British Medals, George V, Coronation, 1911, bronze medals (3), by B. Mackennal (2), both 51mm (W & E 5035.2; BHM 4022; E 1922) and by A. Toft for The Mint, Birmingham, 52mm (W & E 5175A.2; BHM 4055); together with other British and World medals (43, mostly base metal), including Dassier’s Kings and Queens of England series (5) [45]. First two extremely fine, others in varied state £150-200
Hammer Price: £650
Irish Medals, WORLD COINS, Irish Medals, Royal Dublin Society, an oval silver award medal, unsigned [by W. Mossop], Hibernia seated left, holding spear and cornucopia, back engraved (Presented…to Michael Keene for the best Figure Drawing from the Round, Decr. 2nd 1779), 42 x 37mm (Went 1; D & W 122/170; Frazer p.319; Went, Heritage 114; cf. DNW M5, 1086). Very fine and toned, very rare and a very early award; with integral suspension loop £150-200
Hammer Price: £500
Irish Medals, WORLD COINS, Irish Medals, Earl of Mulgrave, 1837, a copper medal by G. Brown [after B. Mulrenin], 51mm (BHM 1750; E 1299); Arthur Jacob, Services to Science in Ireland, 1860, a copper medal by J. Woodhouse, 64mm (BHM 2675; Brettauer 554; cf. DNW 64, 1215); Dublin International Exhibition [of] Arts and Manufactures, 1865, a copper award medal by A. Geefs, naming erased, 75mm (Allen Pt 5; cf. DNW 138, 2906); Restoration of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, 1865, a copper medal by...
Hammer Price: £400
Irish Medals, WORLD COINS, Irish Medals, Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland (Inst. 1841), a silver award medal by T.W. Ingram after W.H. Lizars, seated Hibernia crowning farmworker with wreath, plough and animals at sides, rev. wreath, named (Joseph Falkner Esq, Rodeen, 1842), edge impressed (For the Best Five Acres of Turnips in the Nenagh Farming Society), 45mm (Lane, Went and Bateson, NSI Occ. Papers 19, no. 1; cf. DNW 120, 3305). Obverse edge knock at 1 o’clock, otherwise a...
Hammer Price: £140
Irish Medals, WORLD COINS, Irish Medals, Tullamoore Agricultural Society, a silver award medal by I. Parkes, farm animals in rural setting, rev. wreath of shamrocks, named (To Francis Berry Esq, for the best 1 Acre of Turnips on artificial manure, 1845), 51mm. Some knocks and marks, otherwise good fine, scarce £80-100
Irish Medals, WORLD COINS, Irish Medals, Revd. Theobald Mathew, 1847, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon, 58mm (BHM 2269; E 1419; Frazer p.325); Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts (Inc. 1823; Enlarged 1861), a copper Prize Medal by J. Woodhouse, un-named, 63mm (E 1550; Frazer p.196); Centenary of the Birth of Daniel O’Connell, 1875, a copper medal by W.T. Parkes, 42mm (BHM 3011); Irish Artisans Exhibition, 1885, a white metal medal by J. Woodhouse, 33mm (Allen Pt 5); Royal Dublin Society, Irish Artisan...
Irish Medals, WORLD COINS, Irish Medals, The Synod of Thurles, 1850, a copper medal, unsigned, bust of Pius IX three-quarters left, hibernicis carus below, rev. legend in 10 lines, 34mm. Extremely fine and very rare £40-60
Irish Medals, WORLD COINS, Irish Medals, Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts (Inc. 1823; Enlarged 1861), a copper Prize Medal by J. Woodhouse, named (Henry Crowley, Drawing from the Life, 1862), 63mm (E 1550; Frazer p.196); The Irish Rifle Association (Founded 1867), a copper award medal by J. Woodhouse, un-named, 64mm (cf. DNW 32, 547); Catholic University Schools, Dublin, 1867, Professor Bell’s Medal, a silver award, unsigned, named (To James Joseph Murphy, for Superiority in Elocution), 43mm;...
Irish Medals, WORLD COINS, Irish Medals, College Français de l’Imè Coeur de Marie, Blackrock, Dublin, a silver award medal, unsigned, masonic emblems, rev. wreath, named (Andrew Furlong, for Good Conduct, 1867), 43mm. Good very fine; with ornate suspension loop £80-100
Irish Medals, WORLD COINS, Irish Medals, Royal Dublin Society, Horse Show, a silver award medal by J. Woodhouse, arms and supporters, rev. horse advancing left, named (Henry Eyre Linde, Brood Mare, Class 2, No. 19, 1888), 54mm (Went 26; Frazer pp.195-6; cf. DNW M5, 1107). Light scuffing, otherwise about extremely fine; an interesting medal to a pioneer in the world of Irish horse racing £80-100
Irish Medals, WORLD COINS, Irish Medals, Death of Charles Stewart Parnell, 1891, an openwork bronze and enamel badge, 30mm; The Royal Zoological Society of Ireland, a silver award medal by J.A. Restall, un-named, 38mm; Dublin Metropolitan Regatta, 1903, Visitors’ Cup, a silver award medal by West & Son, Dublin, un-named, 39mm [3]. Very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £190
Irish Medals, WORLD COINS, Irish Medals, St Vincent’s College, Castleknock, a silver-gilt award medal, unsigned [by W. Woodhouse], frontal elevation of the College, trees in foreground, rev. in doctrina christiana et historia ecclesiastica, etc, named (Junior Grade 1891, Robertus Ratigan), 51mm (cf. DNW M5, 1039). Good very fine, toned £80-100
Irish Medals, WORLD COINS, Irish Medals, Victoria, Visit to Ireland, 1900, a silver medal by E. Johnson, 32mm (W & E 1885A.3; BHM 3660; E 1841); Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, a silver award medal by J. Woodhouse, named (Winter Session 1902-1903, Descriptive Anatomy Senior, W. St L. Moorhead), 40mm (BHM 3390; E 1431; Went, Heritage 149; cf. DNW M7, 2333) [2]. Brilliant mint state, attractively toned £80-100
Irish Medals, WORLD COINS, Irish Medals, Catholic University School of Medicine, Dublin, a silver award medal by E. Johnson for J. Fenton, arms in quadrilobe, rev. wreath, named (Medal in Sanitary Science Awarded to D. Forde, ex aequo 1902), hallmarked Birmingham 1902, 47mm (cf. DNW M5, 1045). Extremely fine, toned £60-80
Hammer Price: £160
World Medals, WORLD COINS, World Medals, ITALY, Clement V, a bronze medal signed S.V., 40mm; Nicholas V, 1447, a bronze medal, unsigned, 43mm (Lincoln 324); Leo X, a bronze medal, unsigned, 33mm (Lincoln 446); Adrian VI, a bronze medal by G. Paladino, 41mm (Lincoln 456/7); St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, 1572, a copper medal by G. Bonzaga il Parmigiano, 31mm (Lincoln 697); Innocent XII, Year IX/X, 1700, a copper medal by G. Hamerani (Lincoln 1577) [6]. Very fine and better, all restitutions ex...
World Medals, WORLD COINS, World Medals, ITALY, John XXII, a copper medal signed I.V., 40mm; New Palace, 1646, a copper medal by G. Mola, 39mm (Lincoln 1082; Bart. 646); Santa Spirito Hospital, 1666, a copper medal by G. Mola, 41mm (Lincoln 1232; Bart. 666); Benedict XIV, Year I, 1740, a copper medal by O. Hamerani, 39mm (Wurz. 6431); Extension of the Palazzo Quirinale, 1766, a copper medal, unsigned, 39mm (Mazio 495) [5]. Second extremely fine with original colour, others very fine, first pi...
World Medals, WORLD COINS, World Medals, ITALY, Leo XII, Year III, a copper medal by G. Cerbera, 42mm (Bart. 826); 50th Priesterjubiläum, 1888, a silver medal by F. Bianchi, 43mm (Bart. 888); Canonisation of Pierre Fourier and Antonio Maria Zaccaria, 1897, a silver medal by F. Bianchi, 43mm (Bart. 899); Benedict XV, Year I, a bronze medal by F. Bianchi, 43mm (Bart. 915); together with other Papal medals, etc (4), and a quantity of clichés [Lot]. First and fourth extremely fine, others very fi...
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