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England, Christopher Wren, 1846, a copper medal by B. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. façade of St Paul's Cathedral, 58mm (BHM 2232; E 1411). Good extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £220
England, Father Theobald Mathew, 1847, a copper medal by L. Wyon, bust right, rev. Mathew standing right, blessing six kneeling figures, 58mm (BHM 2269; E 1419). Extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £100
England, William Hogarth, 1848, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. Hogarth’s painting The Election, 55mm (BHM 2302; E 1427). Good extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £170
England, Inigo Jones, 1849, a copper medal by C.F. Carter for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. façade of Banqueting House, Whitehall, 54mm (BHM 2348; E 1437). About as struck £100-£150
Hammer Price: £160
England, John Flaxman, 1854, a copper medal by H. Weigall for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. representation of Flaxman’s bas-relief of Mercury and Pandora, 56mm (BHM 2530; E 1479). About extremely fine, nicely toned £100-£150
Hammer Price: £110
England, Richard Sainthill, 1855, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon, bust right, rev. robed figure of Numismata greeting another while opening a curtain to reveal seated figure of Time, 58mm (BHM 2571; E 1501). Good extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £140
England, Thomas Gainsborough, 1859, a copper medal by E. Ortner for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. detail from Gainsborough’s painting The Wood Gatherers, 55mm (BHM 2653; E 1529). Extremely fine, uneven tone £100-£150
Hammer Price: £85
England, Thomas Lawrence, 1860, a copper medal by G.G. Adams for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. standing figure of the Duke of Wellington, 56mm (BHM 2676; E 1539). Good extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £120
England, Smithfield Club, a silver award medal by W. Wyon, bust of Earl Spencer left, rev. bust of the Duke of Richmond right, edge named (As Breeder Best Beast in Class XXXIV, 1865, James Bannerman, Kelthall, Aberdeenshire Hill), 49mm (BHM 2218; E 1400). Good very fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £50
England, Benjamin West, 1866, a copper medal by W. Wilson for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. central group of figures from West’s painting Death of Wolfe at Quebec, 55mm (BHM 2862; E 1589). Extremely fine and toned £100-£150
Egypt, Mehmet ‘Ali Pasha, 1840, a copper medal by E. Rogat, bust right, rev. sword dividing Arabic and French legends, 51mm (BDM V, 193). Good extremely fine, rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £650
France, Execution of Louis XVI, 1793, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette right, rev. King bids a tearful farewell to his family, guillotine in thronged square behind, 48mm (Pollard 1; BDM III, 239; Hennin 463). Extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £300
France, Execution of Marie Antoinette, 1793, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, bust left, rev. Queen rides towards her execution in an open cart, crowd of onlookers behind, 48mm (Pollard 4; BDM III, 239). Extremely fine £100-£150
France, Execution of Philippe, Duc d’Orléans, 1793, a silver medal by D.F. Loos. bust left, rev. snake winding between sword, sceptre and crown, 30mm, 8.68g (Hennin 550). Extremely fine or better, toned £100-£150
Hammer Price: £95
India, Defeat of Sultan Tippoo, 1792, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, uniformed bust of Marquis Cornwallis left, rev. Cornwallis receives the sons of Sultan Tipoo as hostages, 48mm (Pudd. 792.1.1; BHM 363; E 845; Pollard 5). Good extremely fine £200-£300
Hammer Price: £480
India, Claude Martin, a silver token, undated [c. 1796], unsigned [by C.H. Küchler], uniformed bust left, rev. Urdu legend, edge plain, 25mm, 11.63g (Pudd. 796.1.1; cf. Prid. 399 [copper]). About extremely fine and toned, very rare in silver £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,100
India, Claude Martin, 1211h [1796-7], a silver token by A. McKenzie, uniformed bust right, rev. Urdu legend, date at bottom, edge plain, 38mm, 22.86g (Pudd. 796.3; cf. Prid. 400B [copper]; BHM 424). Extremely fine and toned, an exceptional example and very rare in silver £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £1,900
India, Siege and Capture of Seringapatam, 1799, a bronze medal by G. Mills, bust of Marquis of Wellesley left, rev. two British soldiers, one holding a standard, the other attacking a native, 41mm (Pudd. 799.1; BHM 478; E 904). About extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £340
India, Pindaree and Mahratta Confederacy Defeated, 1818, a copper medal by W. Wyon for Mudie, bust of Marquis of Hastings left, rev. Victory advancing right in biga drawn by winged lions, 41mm (Pudd. 818.1; BHM 974; E 1108). Extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £260
India, Native Education Society, 1833, a copper medal by W. Wyon, bare head of Mountstuart Elphinstone right, rev. Britannia standing right, handing scroll to two natives, 38mm (Pudd. 833.1.1). Extremely fine £100-£120
Italy, Restoration of Ferdinand IV of Naples, 1799, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, armoured and draped bust of Ferdinand right, rev. ship entering Bay of Naples, Fame flying above holding medallion of Nelson, 48mm (BHM 479; E 908). Some marks on edge, otherwise about as struck £300-£400
Hammer Price: £380
Russia, Count Alexander Suvorov, 1799, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, armoured and draped bust right, rev. warrior standing, holding spear, fallen French soldier to left, seated woman to right, 48mm (Diakov 248.1; BDM III, 242). Good extremely fine £300-£400
United States of America, Death of General Lafayette, 1824, a copper medal by F.A. Caunois, bust right, rev. legend in wreath, 46mm (BDM I, 362). Extremely fine or better £80-£100
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