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9 & 10 October 2019
England, Sir Hans Sloane, 1744, a copper medal by J.A. Dassier, draped bust left wearing soft cap, rev. legend between floral and oak sprays, 54mm (Eisler 341; MI II, 589/234; E 588). About as struck £100-£150
Hammer Price: £340
England, Death of George III, 1820, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, bust left, rev. inscriptions and wreath, 48mm (BHM 991; E 1121). Mint state £200-£300
4 & 5 December 2019
England, Prince James, the ‘Old Pretender’, a silver Touchpiece, Italian manufacture [by O. or E. Hamerani], ship to right, rev. St Michael standing, spearing dragon, 21mm, 3.40g (Woolf 35, O4/R5; MI II, 316/140 var.). Pierced as usual, very fine £200-£260
India, Siege and Capture of Seringapatam, 1799, a bronze medal by G. Mills, bust of Marquis of Wellesley left, rev. two British soldiers, one holding a standard, the other attacking a native, 41mm (Pudd. 799.1; BHM 478; E 904). About extremely fine £100-£150
England, Naval Victory of 1 June 1794, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, bust of Admiral Earl Howe right, rev. Lord Howe's flagship, HMS Charlotte, sinking a French vessel, 47mm (BHM 383; E 855; MH 417). Extremely fine £100-£150
England, Monument to John Milton Erected, 1737, a silver medal by J.S. Tanner, bust right, rev. inscription, 52mm, 59.48g (MI II, 524/83; E 542). Extremely fine and attractively toned £300-£400
England, Marquis of Camden Installed as Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1835, a silver medal by the Soho Mint for J. Peters, bust left, rev. interior of Senate House, 44mm (BHM 1685; E 1282). Almost mint state, attractively toned £200-£300
England, Alexander Pope, 1741, a copper medal by J.A. Dassier, bust right, rev. legend in three lines, 55mm (Eisler 329; MI II, 565/986; E 564). About as struck £80-£100
England, Anne, Accession, 1702, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Croker], crowned bust left, rev. crowned heart on pedestal, 35mm, 15.37g (MI II, 227/1; E 388). Extremely fine and attractively toned £200-£300
Hammer Price: £320
France, Napoleon, Coronation, 1804, a silver medal by B. Andrieu and R. Jeuffroy, laureate bust right, rev. senator and soldier holding shield on which Napoleon stands, 40mm (Bramsen 326; Julius 1258). Extremely fine, toned £240-£300
England, Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, c. 1667, a silver medal by P. Roettiers, bust of Charles right with short hair, rev. bust of Catherine right, her hair tied back, 28mm, 7.70g (MI I, 540/192; E 243). Extremely fine and lightly toned £150-£200
England, Prince James and the Legitimacy of Succession, 1699, a silver medal by N. Roettiers, bust of James II right, rev. bust of Prince James left, 27mm, 13.50g (Woolf 15:4; MI II, 202/516; E 380). Slightly buckled, otherwise good very fine, toned £200-£300
England, PEACE OF UTRECHT, 1713, a silver medal by J. Croker, bust of Anne left, rev. Anne stands as Britannia, sea and fleet in background, 35mm, 15.38g (MI II, 400/257; E 460). Extremely fine, attractively toned £200-£260
Hammer Price: £300
England, Foundation of the Edinburgh Exchange, 1753, a copper medal, unsigned, bust of George Drummond left, Royal Infirmary in background at left, rev. arms of the Scottish Freemasons within collar of the Order of St Andrew, 31mm (MI II, 671/382, only listed in silver [Hunterian]; E –). Loop removed from edge, otherwise very fine, very rare £200-£260
England, Albert Joachim, 1646, a cast silver medal by A. and T. Simon, bust left, rev. legend in seven lines, 36mm, 15.04g (Platt type A; MI I, 324/162; E 151). Perhaps a slightly later cast, very fine and toned, rare £200-£260
Russia, Count Alexander Suvorov, 1799, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, armoured and draped bust right, rev. warrior standing, holding spear, fallen French soldier to left, seated woman to right, 48mm (Diakov 248.1; BDM III, 242). Good extremely fine £300-£400
England, General George Monck, 1660, a cast and chased silver medal by A. and T. Simon, armoured bust right, no initials on truncation, rev. legend in seven lines, 36mm, 21.85g (Platt type –; cf. MI I, 465/63). Extremely fine and very rare £1,000-£1,200
France, Execution of Marie Antoinette, 1793, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, bust left, rev. Queen rides towards her execution in an open cart, crowd of onlookers behind, 48mm (Pollard 4; BDM III, 239). Extremely fine £100-£150
France, Execution of Louis XVI, 1793, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette right, rev. King bids a tearful farewell to his family, guillotine in thronged square behind, 48mm (Pollard 1; BDM III, 239; Hennin 463). Extremely fine £100-£150
England, Dedication of Freemasons’ Hall, Bath, 1819, a silver medal, unsigned [by T. Halliday ?], facing bust of Frederick, Duke of Sussex, rev. façade of the hall, 38mm (BHM 990; E 1117). Pierced at top and minor marks in fields, otherwise extremely fine, rare £100-£120
England, Death of Charles James Fox, 1806, a copper medal by T. Webb, bust right, rev. angel on globe (BHM 604; E 979). Good extremely fine £100-£150
Sweden, Death of Gustavus Adolphus, 1632, a silver medal by S. Dadler, laureate bust facing within ornate cartouche, rev. wreath on sword, flanked by olive and palm branches, 43mm, 16.06g (Hild. 176; BDM I, 496). Fields lightly tooled, otherwise good very fine £300-£400
England, Queen Anne’s Bounty, 1704, a silver medal by J. Croker, bust left, rev. Queen presenting charter to kneeling clergy, 44mm, 34.62g (MI II, 251/43; E 404). Some hairlines, otherwise about extremely fine, toned £200-£300
England, Death of the Earl of Effingham, 1791, a silver medal by J. Milton, bust left, rev. Britannia seated on globe, edge lettered, 35mm, 23.14g (Stainton 9; BHM 353; E 844). About extremely fine £200-£300
England, Death of Prince Charles, the ‘Young Pretender’, 1788, a silver medal by G. Hamerani, bust of Henry, Cardinal York, right, rev. religion standing, holding long cross and bible, 53mm, 72.18g (Woolf 73; BHM 282; E 823). Some marks in fields, otherwise about extremely fine £300-£400
Hammer Price: £280
England, Opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, 1830, a copper medal, unsigned [by T. Halliday ?], bust of George Stephenson left, rev. train crossing the viaduct at Newton, 46mm (BHM 1459; E 1224). Extremely fine £150-£180
England, Death of Sir Isaac Newton, 1727, a copper medal by J. Croker, draped bust left, rev. Science holding a plan of the solar system, 52mm (MI II, 469/83; E 504). Extremely fine £150-£200
England, Visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to France, 1855, a silver medal by V.M. Borrel, conjoined busts left, rev. legend, 25mm (Page-Divo 270, not recorded in silver; BDM I, 224; BHM –). Extremely fine and toned, very rare £200-£260
England, English Army Re-Enters Hanover, 1814, a silver medal by T. Webb for Mudie, uniformed bust of the Duke of Cambridge half-left, rev. Britannia feeding horses, 41mm (BHM 777; E 1058). Extremely fine, toned £200-£300
England, Legitimacy of Jacobite Succession, 1704, a silver medal by N. Roettiers, laureate bust of James III left, rev. sun dispersing clouds, 28mm, 7.52g (Woolf 19.1; MI II, 270/71; E 412). Very fine, toned £150-£200
England, Prince James and the Legitimacy of Succession, 1699, a silver medal by N. Roettiers, bust left, rev. rising sun dispersing clouds and demons over a calm sea, 27mm, 7.55g (Woolf 15:1; MI II, 204/519; E 381). A few surface marks, otherwise extremely fine or better, attractively toned £200-£300
England, State of Britain, c. 1667, a silver medal by P. Roettiers, bust of Charles II right with short hair, rev. sleeping lion, 28mm, 8.33g (MI I, 541/193; E 244). Nearly extremely fine, toned £150-£200
England, Death of Matthew Boulton, 1809, a copper medal after P. Rouw, bust right, two cherubs and model of the Soho Mint building below, rev. legend in 22 lines, 46mm (BHM 659). Extremely fine £100-£150
England, Sir Joseph Banks, 1816, a copper medal by W. Wyon for the Horticultural Society of London, bust right, rev. garlands around open book, 41mm (BHM 911; E 1088). Extremely fine, rare £150-£200
England, Duke of Marlborough, Cities Captured, 1703, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Croker], bust of Anne left, rev. equestrian figure of Marlborough receiving the keys to the cities of Bonn, Huy and Limbourg, 42mm, 36.56g (MI II, 246/35; E 400). Almost extremely fine, toned £200-£300
Hammer Price: £260
England, Union of Great Britain and Ireland, 1801, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, armoured bust of George III left, rev. Britannia and Hibernia in greeting, 48mm (BHM 524; E 927; Pollard 24). Extremely fine £150-£200
England, Glasgow University, Gartmore Medal for Discourse on Political Liberty, a silver award medal by J. Milton, view of the Old College, rev. Liberty standing left, holding wreath and cap on long staff, un-named, 42mm (Stainton, BNJ 1983, p.139, 2; BDM IV, 84). Extremely fine and attractively toned, rare £200-£260
India, Pindaree and Mahratta Confederacy Defeated, 1818, a copper medal by W. Wyon for Mudie, bust of Marquis of Hastings left, rev. Victory advancing right in biga drawn by winged lions, 41mm (Pudd. 818.1; BHM 974; E 1108). Extremely fine £80-£100
England, Arrival of the Young Pretender Expected, 1745, a copper medal, bust of prince charles right, rev. britannia standing by rock on sea-shore, resting upon her spear and shield, behind globe with map of great britain, 42mm (woolf 59:2; mi II, 600/251; E 595). Good extremely fine, rare £120-£150
England, Death of Princess Charlotte, 1817, a copper medal by T. Webb and G. Mills for Mudie, draped bust three-quarters right, rev. Britannia weeping, 50mm (BHM 940; E 1097). Good extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £240
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