Death of Mark Blackburn, 2011, a bronze medal by I. Rank-Broadley and Lida Cardozo Kindersley, bust left, rev. stylistic legends, 124mm, edge stamped 49 (W 3009). Extremely fine and as made, rare; arguably the finest British medal yet struck in the 21st century £200-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Numismatic Medals from the North Yorkshire Moors Collection.

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Mark Alistair Sinclair Blackburn (1953-2011), corporate financier, then research associate with Prof. Philip Grierson, Cambridge; eminent scholar of Anglo-Saxon and Viking numismatics; Keeper of Coins and Medals, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1991-2011; he died on 1 September 2011