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Auction 140 15-16 Mar 2017
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BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS FROM VARIOUS PROPERTIES
BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Canada Subdued, 1760, a copper medal by T. Pingo for the Society Promoting Arts & Commerce, laureate bust of George II left, rev. female figure seated mournfully at the foot of pine-tree, 41mm (Eimer 15; MI II, 711/448; Betts 430; E 680). Some edge marks, otherwise very fine or better, scarce £200-300
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The reverse harks back to the Roman bronzes of Vespasian, showing a captured Judæa seated beneath a palm tree
BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Canada Subdued, 1760, a copper medal by T. Pingo for the Society Promoting Arts & Commerce, laureate bust of George II left, rev. female figure seated mournfully at the foot of pine-tree, 41mm (Eimer 15; MI II, 711/448; Betts 430; E 680). Some edge marks, otherwise very fine or better, scarce £200-300
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The reverse harks back to the Roman bronzes of Vespasian, showing a captured Judæa seated beneath a palm tree