Portrait Medals

 

1900, Great Britain. JUBILEE OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. By John Pinches & Co. AE 57mm. Obv: Almost facing bust of Luke Howard. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. BHM 3686. Pinches -. In a circular Wyon case. Extremely fine. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: N-1616

 

1905, Great Britain, Scotland. THE EDINBURGH SIR WALTER SCOTT CLUB. By G.E. Oliver. Bronze 54mm. Cased. $80

Price: $80.00

SKU: Q1448-5S

 

1916, Romania. ION I. C. BRATIANU, Politician. By Tony Antoine Szirma?. Uniface cast AE 116mm. OBV: Bust of Bratianu facing right. $250. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: S25 11470

 

1855, Great Britain. SIR JOHN VANBRUGH, Architect. By Benjamin Wyon. AE 55mm. Obv: Almost facing bust of Sir John Vanbrugh. Rev: Fa?ade of the central block of Blenheim Palace. Edge: Incusely inscribed: ART UNION OF LONDON, 1855. From the Art Union of London series. Beaulah 8, BHM 2572, Eimer 1500, Taylor 42a. Cased. Extremely fine. $250. Sorry, SOLD

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1839, Great Britain. CHARLES WESLEY. By C.F. Carter. White metal 65mm. BHM 1896 (described as RR). $175. Sorry, SOLD (December, 2018)

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SKU: 14575-3G

 

1911, Germany. THE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OF GEORG AND PAULINE MAXON. Signed H.S. (Hans Schwergle?). Uniface cast AE 90mm x 118mm. OBVERSE: Busts facing each other. Nearly extremely fine. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: S21-12416

 

1891, France. ALFRED ALPHANDERY. By Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis. Uniface cast AE 147mm. $500

Price: $500.00

SKU: 10856-P7

 

1823, Great Britain. WILLIAM WELLESLEY-POLE, LORD MARYBOROUGH, Master of the Mint. By Benedetto Pistrucci. Bronze 50mm. Obv: ?Head of William Wellesley-Pole facing right. Rev: Inscription. BHM 1211, Eimer 1167. $225

Price: $225.00

SKU: 4826-19993-4C

 

1742, Great Britain. CHARLES SPENCER, DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. By Jacques-Antoine Dassier. Bronze 55mm. Obv: Bust of the Duke facing right. Rev: Inscription within a cartouche. MI? II 568/202, pl. CLX/13, Eimer 568, Fearon 193.2, Eisler 292/5. $250.

Price: $250.00

SKU: 6598-18639-5B

 

1862, Great Britain. THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE ELECTED CHANCELLOR OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. By Thomas Ottley, reverse after the Soho Mint, published by J. Peters. AE 45mm. Obv: Bust of William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire facing left. Rev: Interior view of the Senate House. BHM 2713, Talyor 45e, Eimer 1559. Extremely fine. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: N-0611

 

1815, Great Britain. THE PURCHASE OF A PICTURE FOR THE BRITISH INSTITUTE. By George Mills. AE 41mm. Obv: Draped bust of Benjamin West facing left. Rev: Inscription within a wreath surrounded by forty names. BHM 862. Two slight cuts on the head, nearly extremely fine. $100

Price: $100.00

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1822, France. FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE FENELON, Archbishop, Theologian and Writer, 1651-1715.?By Armand Auguste Caqu?. AE 41mm. Obv: Bust of Fenelon facing left. Rev: Biographical inscription. From the Series? Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium. Color a little uneven. Extremely fine. $45. Sorry, SOLD

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1915, Great Britain. THE CARDINAL ALANUS MEDAL, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. By Karl Friedrich Voigt. AE-gilt 67mm. Obv: almost facing bust of Cardinal Alanus in canonical vestments. Rev: Figures before the Virgin and Child. In its original case, embossed in gilt on the lid with an inscription to James Turner. The case is contained in a leather pouch. BDM VI/310. Very slight rubbing on the Virgin’s knee and a light, greenish tinge in the drapery on the reverse, otherwise extremely fine. $275

Price: $275.00

SKU: N-1514

 

Undated (circa 1775), Switzerland. JOHANN GEORG, SULZER, 1720-1779, Philosopher and Professor of Mathematics. By Abraham Abramson. AE 44mm. Obv: Bust of Sulzer facing left. Rev: An owl on a lyre. Friedl?nder 525, Haller 279. Extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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1860, Great Britain. Art Union of London. THOMAS LAWRENCE (1769-1830), Painter. By George Gammon Adams after a bust by Edward Hodges Baily. Bronze 56mm. Obv: Head of Sir Thomas Lawrence facing left. Rev: A standing figure of the Duke of Wellington (from a painting by Lawrence). Plain edge. BHM 2676, Eimer 1539, Bealah 12. $150. ————
The original commission for this medal was given to Charles Frederick Carter, but his progress on the medal was slow. The commission was thus transferred to George Gammon Adams.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 2894-19558-10B