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9 & 10 October 2019
England, Christ’s Hospital, London, c. 1790, a silver Marker’s medal by L. Pingo, bust of Edward VI right, rev. bible opened at the pages of Exodus, un-named, 35mm, 14.97g (Eimer 66a; MI I, 61/16: E 29; Grimshaw 90). Extremely fine, toned £60-£80
Hammer Price: £85
England, Benjamin West, Purchase of a Picture for the British Institute, 1815, a copper medal by G. Mills, bust left, rev. names of subscribers in lines around centre, edge named (Presented by Mr West to His Grace the Duke of Devonshire), 41mm (BHM 862). Extremely fine £100-£150
England, Birmingham Music Festival, 1834, a copper medal by T. Halliday, side elevation of the Town Hall, rev. interior of building, 49mm (BHM 1675; Taylor 108). Brilliant, practically as struck £80-£100
Hammer Price: £80
England, Death of George III, 1820, a copper medal by T. Webb for Mudie, bust right, rev. legend in 13 lines, 41mm (BHM 999). Extremely fine £60-£80
4 & 5 December 2019
England, Edward Rossiter [1647], a modern copy of a silver badge, perhaps late 19th century, armoured bust left within floral border, rossiter on rev., 32 x 24mm (Platt type C: cf. MI I, 329/170); Duchess of Richmond [1667], a uniface plated cast copy of a restrike medal by M. Young after J. Roettiers, draped bust left, 70mm (cf. MI I, 541/195) [2]. About extremely fine £50-£70
England, Duke of York, 1826, a copper medal by A.J. Stothard for S. Parker, bust right, rev. goddess leaning on column, 62mm (BHM 1255). About extremely fine £100-£150
England, William Pitt, 1799, a copper medal by J.G. Hancock, bust left, rev. legend in wreath, 53mm (BHM 470; E 912). Extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £75
England, William Betty, 1804, a copper medal by T. Webb, bust right, rev. sword, trumpet, manuscript, goblet and lyre within wreath, 42mm (BHM 558; E 954). Extremely fine £80-£100
England, Candidature of Henry Brougham, 1818, a silver medal by G. Mills, bust right, rev. to the patriotic incorruptible and unbought freeholders of the county of westmoreland, etc, 36mm (BHM 970; E 1106). About extremely fine £150-£200
England, Betrothal of Princess Charlotte, 1814, a copper medal by T. Webb, bust right, rev. Spes standing, holding olive branch, cornucopia and rudder resting on globe, 54mm (BHM 778; E 1041). Minor spotting on reverse, otherwise extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £70
England, Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, 1625, a cast silver medal, unsigned [by P. Regnier], busts face-to-face, rev. Cupid walking right, holding roses and lilies, 23mm, 2.02g (MI I, 238/1 var.; E 105Ab). Small scrape on obverse, otherwise very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £65
England, Rebuilding of Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1837, a copper medal by t. halliday, front elevation of building, rev. legend, 51mm (bhm 1793; E 1141). Extremely fine, rare £100-£150
England, George III, Obsequies at Windsor, 1820, a copper gilt medal, unsigned [perhaps by P. Kempson], bust left, rev. funerary urn, 45mm (BHM 1006; E 1126a). Extremely fine £60-£80
France, Death of Abbé Sicard, 1822, a copper medal by H. Desnoyers, bust left, rev. legend, 41mm (BDM I, 571). Extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £60
France, Birth of the Duke of Bordeaux, 1820, a copper medal by B. Andrieu, conjoined busts of the Duke and Duchess of Berri right, rev. Paris, standing, holding infant out to seated France, 68mm (BDM I, 55). Extremely fine £100-£120
England, Foundation of Christ Church, St Margaret, Leicester, 1838, a copper medal by Ottley, view of the church, rev. legend, 58mm (BHM –; Taylor –). Minor adhesion on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £80-£100
England, Society of Arts for Scotland, a silver award medal, unsigned and undated, helmeted bust of Athena right, rev. wreath, un-named, 48mm (Brodie –). Fields hairlined, otherwise extremely fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £55
France, Death of General Desaix, 1800, a copper medal by N. Brenet and H. Auguste, uniformed bust right within wreath, rev. legend in seven lines, 50mm (Bramsen 44). Extremely fine £100-£120
France, Reconstruction of Orléans Cathedral, 1767, a copper medal by B. Duvivier, laureate and armoured bust of Louis XV right, rev. view of the cathedral, 63mm. Good very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £50
England, Smithfield Club, a silver award medal by W. Wyon, bust of Earl Spencer left, rev. bust of the Duke of Richmond right, edge named (As Breeder Best Beast in Class XXXIV, 1865, James Bannerman, Kelthall, Aberdeenshire Hill), 49mm (BHM 2218; E 1400). Good very fine £100-£150
England, Imprisonment of Sir Francis Burdett, 1810, a copper medal, unsigned, bust right, rev. the intrepid champion of freedom etc, within a radiate circle, 48mm (BHM 689; E 1011). Extremely fine £100-£150
England, Death of Henry Dawson, 1840, a copper medal by W. Woodhouse [after J. Barton], bust left, rev. figures weeping at monument, edge ob oct xxiv mdcccxl, 43mm (BHM 1961; E 1344). Good very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £40
France, Peace of Tilsit, 1807, a silver medal by B. Andrieu and J.-P. Droz, conjoined busts of Napoleon, Alexander I of Russia, and Frederick William III of Prussia right, rev. river-god Niemen reclining left, 40mm (Bramsen 640; Julius 1755; Diakov 312.1). Extremely fine and toned, rare £1,500-£1,800
£1,500–£1,800
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