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4 & 5 December 2019
England, William Wyon, 1854, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. Britannia and four sea-horses, 56mm (BHM 2535; E 1480). Good extremely fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £240
9 & 10 October 2019
England, George IV, Coronation, 1821, a copper medal by G. Mills, bust right, rev. equestrian figure of the King's Champion, Henry Dymoke, 55mm (BHM 1087; E 1142). Extremely fine, scarce £200-£300
France, Napoleon, Coronation, 1804, a silver medal by N. Brenet, conjoined busts of Napoleon and Josephine right, rev. laureate eagle, 35mm (Bramsen 359; Julius 1297). Extremely fine, toned £200-£260
England, William Roscoe, c. 1807, a copper medal by P. Wyon, draped bust left, rev. Pegasus atop Mt Parnassus, lyre, trumpet and book in foreground, 52mm (BHM 618; E 985). Extremely fine, rare £100-£120
England, Charles I and Henrietta Maria, an oval cast silver Royalist badge by T. Rawlins, crowned bust of Charles right, rev. draped bust of Henrietta left, 40 x 32mm, 10.38g (cf. MI I, 355/216; E 166b). About very fine but badly scratched on reverse; pierced for suspension £200-£260
England, Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, 1678, a struck silver medal by G. Bower, draped bust right, hands strangling him with his own cravat, rev. Godfrey lying on the ground in the act of being strangled, Pope to left holds a document over the murderer’s head, edge cervice fracta fidem svstvlit atlas xns and date, 39mm, 28.10g (MI I, 577/247; E 257a). About extremely fine, toned £200-£260
France, Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, 1793, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, conjoined busts right, rev. the Royal Family, 48mm (Pollard 1; Julius 251; BDM III, 239). Extremely fine £150-£180
England, Sir John Soane, 1834, a copper medal by W. Wyon, bust right, rev. façade of the Bank of England, 57mm (BHM 1662; E 1278; Taylor 106a). Extremely fine and nicely patinated, a most attractive example £100-£150
Hammer Price: £220
England, Christopher Wren, 1846, a copper medal by B. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. façade of St Paul's Cathedral, 58mm (BHM 2232; E 1411). Good extremely fine £100-£150
England, Battle of Sheriffmuir, 1715, a copper medal by J. Croker, laureate bust of George I right, rev. Victory holding sword and pursuing fleeing cavalry, 45mm (Woolf 31.1a; MI II, 434/33; E 475). Struck from broken dies, extremely fine £200-£300
England, Monument to Princess Clementina Sobieska Erected in Rome, 1742, a copper medal, unsigned [by O. Hamerani], bust of Pope Benedict XIV right, rev. the monument at St Peter’s, 35mm (Woolf 45:2; MI II, 570/204; E 570; Lincoln 1812; Bart. 743). Good extremely fine £80-£100
England, Foundation of Christ Church, Birmingham, 1805, a silver medal by T. Webb, bust of George III right, rev. view of the church, 42mm (BHM 601; Taylor 65a). Minor marks in fields, otherwise extremely fine and attractively toned £200-£260
France, Bombardment of Tangier and Mogador, 1844, a copper medal by A. Caqué, uniformed bust of Ferdinand, Prince de Joinville, right, rev. warships, the two cities in background, 53mm. Extremely fine £150-£180
England, Attempted Invasion of Scotland, 1708, a copper medal by N. Roettiers, similar, 30mm (Woolf 20:1a; MI II, 314/135). Good very fine £100-£150
England, Marriage of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, 1816, a copper medal by T. Halliday, conjoined busts right, rev. winged male figure standing, holding torch and wreath, 54mm (BHM 907; E 1082). Extremely fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £200
England, Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor, 1827, a silver medal by C. Voigt, bust left, rev. legend in 12 lines, 47mm (BHM 1308; E 1197). Fields with minor hairlines, otherwise extremely fine and toned £150-£200
England, John Milton, c. 1740, a copper medal by J. Dassier, bust three-quarters right, rev. Adam and Eve beneath tree with serpents, 42mm (Eisler 215; MI I, 564/229; E 254). About extremely fine £80-£100
England, Martin Folkes, 1742, a copper medal, unsigned, bust right, rev. sphinx, 37mm (MI II, 571/206; E 572). About as struck £60-£80
Hammer Price: £190
England, Marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1840, a copper medal by B. Wyon, conjoined busts left, rev. torch dividing arms of Great Britain and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, 46mm (W & E 224A.1; BHM 1920; E 1336). Extremely fine £100-£120
France, Francis I, 1515, a restrike copper medal, unsigned, 54mm; Capture of Girona, 1711, a copper medal by J. Dassier, 41mm; Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a copper medal by R. Dumarest, 35mm; Death of Jean-Jacques Barthelemy, 1795, a copper medal by B. Duvivier, 42mm (Julius 445); Death of General Le Hoche, 1797, a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 41mm (Julius 562); Death of General Kléber, 1800, a copper medal by É. Dubois, 41mm; Légion d’Honneur, a copper medal by J.-P. Droz, 41mm [7]. About...
Sweden, Death of Gustaf III, 1792, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, armoured bust right, rev. robed figure holding wreath over tomb, military trophies around, 56mm (Pollard 3; BDM III, 239). Virtually as struck £100-£120
England, Carlisle Recaptured, 1745, a silver medal by J.H. Wolff, bust of the Duke of Cumberland right, rev. Cumberland as a Roman warrior attacking the Hydra, view of Carlisle in background, reads pvllsi, 37mm, 17.78g (Woolf 52:1a; MI II, 604/258; E 597). Good very fine £150-£200
France, Montgolfier Brothers’ Flight from the Champ de Mars, 1783, a copper medal by N. Gatteaux, conjoined busts left, rev. balloon above clouds depositing rain over the Champ de Mars, 42mm (Malpas 3; BDM II, 210). Good very fine £90-£120
Hammer Price: £180
Italy, Siege of Casale Montferrato, 1630, a copper medal by J. Dollin [struck late 17th-early 18th century], bust of Cardinal Mazarin right, rev. two opposing armies, in centre a horseman rides from one side to the other, view of Casale in background, 53mm. Edge flaw, otherwise about extremely fine £150-£180
England, Christ’s College, Cambridge, Porteus Medal, a copper award medal by J. Phillp, laureate bust of George III left, rev. gateway decorated with College arms, edge named (Joannes Roughton Hogg mdcccxxxiv), 49mm (BHM 632; E 991). Extremely fine £100-£150
England, Death of Prince Charles, the ‘Young Pretender’, 1788, a copper medal by G. Hamerani, similar, 53mm (Woolf 73; BHM 282; E 823). Struck on a thinner flan, extremely fine £120-£150
Hammer Price: £170
England, William Hogarth, 1848, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. Hogarth’s painting The Election, 55mm (BHM 2302; E 1427). Good extremely fine £100-£150
England, Marriage of the Prince of Wales and Princess Caroline of Brunswick, 1795, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, incorrectly dated 1797, conjoined busts right, rev. winged male figure standing, holding torch and shields of Great Britain and Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, 48mm (Pollard 9; BHM 392; E 865). Extremely fine £150-£180
Netherlands, Maurice, Prince of Orange, 1602, a cast silver medal by G. van Bijlaer, armoured and draped bust right, rev. orange tree growing from a stump within wreath, 33mm, 18.90g (MI I, 181/182 var.; E 75). Very fine; set in contemporary decorative frame, with loop for suspension £150-£180
England, George III, Preserved from Assassination, 1800, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, bust left, rev. burning altar, Eye of Providence above, 48mm (BHM 484; cf. E 916). Minor stain in obverse legend, otherwise good extremely fine £150-£200
India, Native Education Society, 1833, a copper medal by W. Wyon, bare head of Mountstuart Elphinstone right, rev. Britannia standing right, handing scroll to two natives, 38mm (Pudd. 833.1.1). Extremely fine £100-£120
England, Marriage of Charles III and Princess Louise of Stolberg at Macerata, 1772, medals (2), in silver and copper, unsigned [by F. Hamerani], bust of Charles left, revs. bust of Louise right, both 32mm, silver 13.53g (Woolf 71:1; BHM 163; E 743) [2]. About extremely fine £150-£200
France, Landing of Louis XVIII at Calais, 1814, a copper medal by B. Andrieu, 50mm (Bramsen 1407); Entry of Louis XVIII into Paris, 1814, a copper medal by A. Galle, 68mm (Bramsen 1409) [2]. Extremely fine £100-£150
France, Nicolas Poussin, 1803, a copper medal by R. Dumarest, 35mm; Death of Marshal Masséna, 1817, a copper medal by J-J. Barre, 41mm; Pierre Jeannin, 1817, a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 41mm; Galileo Galilei, 1818, a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 41mm; Victorius Moreau, 1819, a copper medal by F. Caunois, 41mm; Benjamin Franklin and Antoine de Montyon, 1833, a copper medal by J.-J. Barre, 42mm [6]. Extremely fine or better £200-£300
England, Assistance to the United Provinces, copper jetons (2), 1585, 1586, unsigned, both 30mm (MI I, 133/86-7; E 51-2) [2]. Good very fine £100-£150
England, Death of Prince Charles, the ‘Young Pretender’, 1788, a copper medal by G. Hamerani, similar, 53mm (Woolf 73; BHM 282; E 823). Struck on a thick flan, some flan flaws, otherwise extremely fine £120-£150
Hammer Price: £160
England, Inigo Jones, 1849, a copper medal by C.F. Carter for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. façade of Banqueting House, Whitehall, 54mm (BHM 2348; E 1437). About as struck £100-£150
England, Completion of the Royal Pier, Brighton, 1823, a copper medal by B. Wyon, bust of George IV right, rev. view of pier, 53mm (BHM 1215; E 1168; Taylor 79a). Good extremely fine, toned £200-£300
England, Royal Exchange Opened, 1844, a silver medal by W. Wyon, diademed bust of Victoria left, rev. three shields on wreath, 28mm (BHM 2186; E 1392). About as struck £60-£80
England, John Smart, c. 1770, a uniface copper medal by J. Kirk, undated, bust right, 36mm (BHM 153; E 764). Small scratch behind head, otherwise extremely fine, rare £150-£180
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