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IRELAND, Aonac Tailteann, Dublin [Tailtean Games], 1924, a silver award medal, unsigned [by O. Sheppard], bust of Queen Tailte left, wearing head-band and veil, rev. Celtic strapwork circlet bearing the arms of the four provinces of Ireland, centre engraved (Gymnastics), hallmarked Dublin, 29mm, 14.06g. Struck from worn dies, trace of surface gilding, otherwise about extremely fine, in case of issue [P. Quinn & Co, Medallists, North Strand, Shamrock Place, Dublin] £80-£100
Hammer Price: £320
IRELAND, Aonac Tailteann, Dublin [Tailtean Games], 1932, a silver award medal, unsigned [by O. Sheppard], bust of Queen Tailte left, wearing head-band and veil, rev. Celtic strapwork circlet bearing the arms of the four provinces of Ireland, centre engraved (Second Prize, Swimming), hallmarked Dublin, 51mm, 64.79g (Went, Heritage 115; cf. DNW M5, 1041). Polished, good very fine; in case of issue [The Jewellery & Metal Co of Ireland, 37 Lower Kevin St, Dublin] £80-£100
Hammer Price: £360
ISRAEL, 10th Anniversary of Independence, 1958, a gold medal, ivdaea capta, palm tree flanked by standing male captive and seated Judaea, rev. israel liberata, palm tree flanked by two pioneers, edge inscribed, 27mm, 15.04g. Extremely fine £500-£700
Hammer Price: £400
ISRAEL, 10th Anniversary of Independence, 1958, a gold medal, ivdaea capta, palm tree flanked by standing male captive and seated Judaea, rev. israel liberata, palm tree flanked by two pioneers, edge inscribed, 27mm, 15.00g. Extremely fine £500-£700
ISRAEL, Israel/Egypt Peace Treaty, 1979, a silver medal, unsigned, 35mm; RUSSIA, Vladimir Lenin, 1963 [struck 1970], a bronze medal by A. Bloc, 68mm (CGMP p.258); together with other miscellaneous medals, clichés, etc (8), including a modern reproduction of a medal of Henri IV [10]. First two mint state and in holders as issued, others mostly very fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £60
ITALY, St Peter, a uniface bronze plaque, possibly Florentine, signed B (?) on rev., a later cast of a 16th century original, 101mm. Very fine £100-£120
£100–£120
ITALY, Tomb of Antonio Canova, 1827, a bronze medal by A. Fabris, 52mm (BDM II, 64); Teatro della Concordia, Pordenone, 1830, a bronze medal by A. Fabris, 35mm; St Mark’s Basilica, Venice, a bronze medal by J. Wiener, undated [c. 1850], 59mm (BDM VI, 487); Gioacchino Rossini, a bronze medal by F. Vagnetti and Son, undated, 52mm (BDM VI, 183); Massimo d’Azeglio, a bronze medal by G. Vagnetti, undated, 51mm (BDM VI, 184) [5]. Very fine or better £150-£200
Hammer Price: £220
ITALY, 400th Anniversary of the Discovery of America, 1892, a bronzed-lead medal by A. Cappuccio after L. Pogliaghi, bust of Columbus facing three-quarters left in central medallion, standing figures to left and right, eagle below, rev. winged Victory and cherubs above fallen Indian warriors, 101mm (BDM I, 341). Very fine; suspension loop added at top £80-£100
Hammer Price: £240
ITALY, 50th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Rome as the Capital of Italy, 1911, a bronze plaque by M. Nellie, 80 x 53mm; Centenary of the Death of Alessandro Volta, 1927, a bronze medal by E. Boninsegna and R. Castelli for Lorioli and Castelli, Milan, 60mm (cf. DNW 64, 1446) [2]. Extremely fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £65
ITALY, First International Donizetti Study Convention, 1975, bronze medals (2) by Brolis & Lorioli, 61mm; Bicentenary of the Birth of Donizetti, 1997, a bronze medal by Brolis & ?, 61mm [3]. Extremely fine £30-£40
Hammer Price: £15
ITALY, Celebrazioni Donizettiane, 1997-98, a set of four silver medals by G. Defendi, T. Pizio, U. Riva, and A. Verdi, each 50mm, total weight 267g. About as struck; in case of issue £100-£150
Hammer Price: £50
JAMAICA, 500th Anniversary of the Arrival of Columbus, 1994, a gold medal, unsigned [by J. Garvan], ship in high relief sailing left, rev. pineapple, 41mm, 58.51g. About extremely fine, very rare £1,800-£2,200
Hammer Price: £2,200
JAMAICA, 500th Anniversary of the Arrival of Columbus, 1994, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Garvan], similar, 41mm, 33.64g. About extremely fine, very rare £100-£120
Hammer Price: £120
LORRAINE, Thiéry & Gertrude of Flanders, a copper medal by F. de Saint-Urbain, undated, 47mm (BDM V, 310, no. 24). About extremely fine £70-£90
Hammer Price: £40
LORRAINE, Ferry II & Agnès of Bar, a copper medal by F. de Saint-Urbain, undated, 48mm (BDM V, 310, no. 29). Extremely fine with some original colour £80-£100
LORRAINE, Thiébault II & Isabella of Rumigni, a copper medal by F. de Saint-Urbain, undated, 47mm (BDM V, 310, no. 33). Extremely fine £80-£100
LORRAINE, Ferry IV & Isabelle of Austria, a copper medal by F. de Saint-Urbain, undated, 47mm (BDM V, 310, no. 34). Extremely fine with some original colour £80-£100
LORRAINE, Nicholas of Anjou, a copper medal by F. de Saint-Urbain, undated, 47mm (BDM V, 310, no. 40). Extremely fine £80-£100
LORRAINE, Ferry I of Vaudemont & Marguerite de Joinville, a copper medal by F. de Saint-Urbain, undated, 47mm (BDM V, 310, no. 41). Extremely fine £80-£100
LORRAINE, Antoine of Vaudemont & Marie d’Harcourt, a copper medal by F. de Saint-Urbain, undated, 46mm (BDM V, 310, no. 43). Extremely fine £80-£100
LORRAINE, René II & Philippa of Gelderland, a copper medal, unsigned [by F. de Saint-Urbain], undated, 46mm (BDM V, 310, no. 45). Extremely fine £80-£100
LORRAINE, Charles IV & Nicole of Lorraine, a copper medal by F. de Saint-Urbain, undated, 47mm (BDM V, 310, no. 51). About extremely fine with some original colour £70-£90
Hammer Price: £35
LORRAINE, Charles V & Eleonora Maria of Austria, a copper medal by F. de Saint-Urbain, undated, 47mm (BDM V, 310, no. 53). Extremely fine £80-£100
MEXICO, Royal Academy of Spanish and Common Law, 1778, a copper medal by G.A. Gil, armoured bust of Charles III right, rev. table on rocky outcrop surrounded by a group of figures, 58mm (Villena 139). Minor surface pitting, otherwise about extremely fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £280
NETHERLANDS, Capture of Breda, 1590, a silver medal, unsigned [by G. van Bijlaer?], five soldiers in boat, rev. legend in five lines, lion and crowned arms above, 40mm, 18.21g. Lightly cleaned at one time and now re-toned, otherwise good very fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £190
NETHERLANDS, Assassination of Johan and Cornelius de Wit, 1672, a silver medal by P. Aury, formed of two cast plates joined by a broad rim, busts vis-à-vis, rev. the brothers being slaughtered by a many-bodied monster of savage animals, date in chronogram, 71mm (BDM I, 94). Very fine £400-£500
Hammer Price: £480
NETHERLANDS, Treaty of Aix-la-Chappelle, 1748, a silver medal by M. Holtzhey, armoured bust of William IV of Orange-Nassau right, rev. Pax seated on cloud, holding cornucopia, olive branch, and scales, 26mm, 4.90g (Pax 569). Extremely fine and toned £80-£100
Hammer Price: £100
NETHERLANDS, William V of Orange-Nassau, Installation as a Knight of the Garter, 1752, a silver medal by J.G. Holtzhey, bust right, rev. St George on horseback right, spearing dragon, garter around, 29mm, 9.17g (MI II, 669/379). Scrape or flan flaw on hair, small scuff on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine and toned £150-£180
Hammer Price: £85
PAPAL STATES, Simplicius I (467-83), a cast bronze medal, unsigned and undated, 40mm (L 81); Eugenius IV (1431-47), a cast bronze medal, unsigned and undated, 40mm (L 320); Paul II, a cast bronze medal, 1465?, unsigned, 33mm (L 368); a bronze medal, undated, signed G P, 44mm (L 377); Leo X (1513-21), a bronze medal, unsigned and undated, 40mm (L 440); Clement VII (1523-34), a bronze medal, unsigned and undated, 34mm (L 472); Julius III, a lead medal, 1550, unsigned, 44mm (L 519) [7]. Varied...
PAPAL STATES, Opening of the Ponte Sisto, [1473], a cast bronze medal, unsigned [by Lysippus the Younger], bust of Sixtus IV left, rev. cvra rervm pvblicarvm, view of the bridge, wreath around, 40mm (BDM VII, 566). A slightly later cast, some light scratches, otherwise very fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £110
PAPAL STATES, Gregory XIII, bronze medals (2), 1572, signed F P, 31mm, 35mm (L 697, 700); a lead medal, unsigned and undated, 45mm (L 730); Urban VIII, a cast bronze medal, 1639, unsigned, 41mm (L 1036); Innocent XI (1676-89), a brass medal, undated, signed G, 37mm (L 1403); Benedict XIII (1724-30), a bronze medal by Hamerani, undated, 42mm (L 1725); Pius IX, a gilt-bronze medal, 1870, by Blondelet, 50mm (L –) [7]. Varied state, the first two later strikings £100-£150
Hammer Price: £75
PAPAL STATES, Sixtus V, 1588, an V, a cast bronze medal by M. Balla, bust right, rev. obelisk in the Piazza del Popolo, 44mm (Attwood p.411, fig. 112 var.; Lincoln –). A later cast, pierced, scratched in obverse field, otherwise very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £30
PAPAL STATES, Death of Cardinal Consalvi, 1824, a bronze medal by G. Girometti, 54mm; Pius IX, Silver Jubilee, 1871, a bronze medal by C. de Villiers for Massonnet, 50mm; Holy Year, 1875, a uniface gilt white metal striking of the rev. of the medal by F. Langmann, 63mm; Pius XII, 1950, a white metal medal by Mistruzzi, 22mm; together with a uniface oval portrait of Julius Caesar in white plaster [5]. Very fine £80-£100
PAPAL STATES, Reconstruction of the Porta San Pancrazio, 1856, a silver medal by P. Girometti, bust of Pius IX right, rev. view of the gate, 43mm. Cleaned, some edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £50-£70
PAPAL STATES, Foundation of the Apostolic Prefecture of India, 1894, a silver medal by F. Bianchi, bust of Leo XIII left, rev. female personification of the Church seated right, St Francis Xavier and pupils to right, façade of the college in background, 44mm. Fields lightly brushed, otherwise extremely fine £80-£100
PAPAL STATES, Foundation of the Collegio Leoniamo in Anagni, [1897], a silver medal by F. Bianchi, bust of Leo XIII left, rev. view of the College, 44mm. Brilliant, about as struck £80-£100
PERU, Opening of the Pasco Mineral Railway, 1869, a silver medal by C.F. Bryant, train steaming right, mountains behind, rev. legend, 37mm (Fonrobert –; Moyaux 430). Some edge knocks, otherwise good very fine, scarce £100-£120
PHILIPPINES, Commerce and Industry, [c. 1785], a gilt-copper medal by J. Gabriel Gil, bust of Charles III right, rev. aplicacion al trabajo, woman seated at spinning wheel, man standing holding basket, manila in exergue, 49mm (Fonrobert 914; BDM II, 263). Brushed, some contact marks, gilding slightly worn on high points, otherwise good very fine, very rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,300
PRUSSIA, 200th Anniversary of the Royal Academy of Arts, Berlin, 1896, a gold medal by O. Schultz, conjoined busts of Wilhelm II and Friedrich I right, rev. female personification of the Arts seated left, holding palm branch and pallette, building in background to left, 35mm, 35.01g (BDM V, 408). Minor marks on edge, otherwise about extremely fine £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £2,400
RUSSIA, Battle of Leesno, 1708, a white metal medal by I. Kettel, Peter I on horseback right, leaping over arms, rev. glorisa victoria ad leesnam, date in chronogram, map of the battle, 46mm (Diakov 25.11). Minor surface corrosion to left of reverse, otherwise about extremely fine £100-£120
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