Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878, a silver award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, head of Ceres left, rev. Fame blowing trumpet, cherub below holding tablet, named (W. Singer and Son), 68mm (Maier 65; PBE 48; BDM I, 402; Jones, Art of the Medal, 313; cf. DNW 169, 1130). Good very fine and toned £90-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Art Medals formed by Dr Edith Greenwood (†1987).

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