Ancient, British and World Coins, Historical Medals and Banknotes

United States of America, United States of America, Centenary of the Birth of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1907, bronze medal by B. L. Pratt, bust three-quarters left, reverse legend, 63mm (Baxter [The Beaux Art Medal in America] 218). Extremely fine, an excellent portrait medal by this eminent New England scuptor (£20-30)

Bela Lyon Pratt (1867-1917), pupil of Saint-Gaudens, and of Falguiere at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris