Catalogue

Lot 2570

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

ELIZABETH I, Dangers Averted, 1589, following the defeat of Spanish Armada in 1588, a superb 19th century heavy gilt silver restitution of Nicholas Hilliard's gold ...

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Lot 2571

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

RETURN OF CHARLES I TO LONDON, 1633, in silver (41mm) by Nicholas Briot (15.02g), king on horseback left, reverse view of London from the south ...

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Lot 2572

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

OLIVER CROMWELL, Lord Protector, 1653, cast and chased in silver (37mm) by Thomas Simon (15.66g), obv. Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, in an armoured and draped ...

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Lot 2573

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

CORONATION OF GEORGE I, 1714, in silver (34.5mm) (Eimer 470; MI ii,424/9), by J.Croker, obverse, laureate, armoured and draped bust right, reverse, King enthroned to ...

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Lot 2574

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

CORONATION OF GEORGE I, c1714, in silver (25mm) (Eimer 471; MI ii, 428/18), obverse, laureate, armoured and draped bust right, reverse, Royal shield within the ...

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Lot 2575

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

FRENCH FLEET DEFEATED OFF CAPE FINISTERE, 1747, in silver (43mm) (MH 345; Eimer 616), by T.Pingo, obverse, bust of Lord Anson left being crowned by ...

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Lot 2576

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

GEORGE II, battles and military leaders, 1758 in bronze (39mm); George III fifty years, Frogmore in white metal (48mm); Death 1820 in white metal ...

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Lot 2577

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

LOVE TOKEN, created on a shaved down halfpenny (8.39g), obverse inscribed, 'John/Taylor/1771', reverse inscribed, 'Mary/Jones/1770'; another, also on a shaved down halfpenny (6.5g), obverse inscribed, ...

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Lot 2578

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

ADVERTISING TOKEN, created on a shaved down halfpenny (7.25g), obverse inscribed in running script, 'Edwd/Johnston/Cock founder/Baldwin's/Garden's/Nr 58', reverse plain except for faint outline of a ...

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Lot 2579

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

FOUNTAIN TAVERN TOKEN, created on a shaved down halfpenny (6.39g), pierced hole at edge, obverse inscribed in running script, 'Mary/Hopper at ye/Fountain/Tavern', reverse also inscribed ...

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Lot 2580

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

SALVATION TOKEN, created on a George III first issue halfpenny (1770-75) (6.42g) with reverse shaved down and crudely inscribed in running script between lines, 'I ...

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Lot 2581

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

ROBERT BANKS, Lord Hawkesbury, Secretary of State, 1803, in bronze (49mm) by Hancock, bust facing left, obverse, Britannia and Mercury, reverse, (BHM 548, Eimer 947). ...

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Lot 2582

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

DEATH OF JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, 1804, in white metal (56mm), by Halliday, bust facing left, obverse, extensive legend, reverse, (BHM 563). Good very fine.

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Lot 2583

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

CHRONOLOGY OF KINGS OF ENGLAND, circa 1820, in white metal (44mm) by Ingram, listing all rulers up to George IV; Miles distant from London, circa ...

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Lot 2584

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

CORONATION OF GEORGE IV, 1821, in silver (35mm) (BHM 1070; Eimer 1146a), laureate bust left, reverse, George IV enthroned left and being crowned by Victory ...

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Lot 2585

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

SIR WALTER SCOTT, Laudatory Medal, 1827, in bronze (62mm) (BHM 1312) by A.J.Stothard after F.Chantrey published by S.Parker, obverse, bare head of Sir Walter Scott ...

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Lot 2586

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

CORONATION OF WILLIAM IV, 1831, in silver (33mm) (BHM 1475; Eimer 1251), by W.Wyon, obverse, bust of William IV right, reverse, bust right of diademed ...

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Lot 2587

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

LADY JANE GREY, a 19th century concoction in copper as a medallic coin, dated 1553, probably by Edward Emery, (14.09 g). As struck with golden ...

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Lot 2588

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

QUEEN VICTORIA'S VISIT TO THE CORPORATION OF LONDON, 1837, in bronze (55mm) (BHM 1775; Eimer 1304), by W.Wyon, obverse, Queen Victoria crowned bust left, reverse, ...

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Lot 2589

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INSTITUTED 1830, (1839), in silver (47mm) (Eimer 1231), by Faulkner, type with frosting, reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/John Woolright Esqr/for exhibiting/a superior Brood ...

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Lot 2590

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

THE TEN HOURS BILL, 1848, in white metal (39mm) by Green, (BHM 2306 RR, E. 1423); Nottingham Order of Odd Fellows, in white metal (38mm), ...

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Lot 2591

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

GREAT EXHIBITION, Crystal Palace 1851, Prize Medal, in bronze (77mm) by W. Wyon, obverse, conjoined busts of Victoria and Albert left, two dolphins below, reverse, ...

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Lot 2592

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

SCOTLAND, Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, (1855), in silver (35mm), with scroll suspension, reverse inscribed, 'To/John Neil/1855'. Heavily toned, some small edge nicks, otherwise ...

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Lot 2593

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

SCOTLAND, PATNA Cattle Show, 1859, in silver (57mm), hallmarked on both sides for Glasgow 1852 by maker 'PA' (Peter Aitken I), reverse inscribed, 'For The/Three ...

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Lot 2594

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

NAVAL INTEREST, Shipwrecked Mariners Society, 1872, in white metal (32mm), bust of Nelson; Visit of Fleet to Sunderland, HMS Devastation, in bronze (31mm), (BHM 2988); ...

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Lot 2595

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

SCOTLAND, Lauderdale Agricultural Society, 1879, in silver (39mm), with scroll suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Thomas Neilans/New Mills/2nd Prize/Yeld Draught Mare'. Toned, extremely fine.

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Lot 2596

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

GEORGE I OF GREECE VISIT TO CITY OF LONDON, 1880, in bronze (76mm) (BHM 3077; Eimer 1668), by G.G.Adams, obverse, head of George I left, ...

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Lot 2597

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT 21ST ANNIVERSARY, 1881, in bronze (63mm) (BHM 3104; Eimer 1682), obverse, crowned, veiled and draped facing bust of Queen Victoria, the letters, 'VR' ...

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Lot 2598

Sale 122   British Historical Medals

ALDERMAN STAPLES LORD MAYOR 1885-86, medal cast in the procession, 1885, by Brown & Englefield, in pewter (43mm); Edward VII, 1901, in white metal (38mm); ...

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