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BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS FROM VARIOUS PROPERTIES
BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Cambridge University, Chancellor's Medal, 1752, a specimen copper award by R. Yeo, bust of George II left, rev. allegorical figures, Senate House in distance, 52mm (MI II, 667/377; E 637; Jones, The Medal 70, p.5). About extremely fine, rare £100-150
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Thomas Holles, Duke of Newcastle, instituted the presentation of two gold medals annually for excellence in Classical learning. They were first awarded in March 1752
BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Cambridge University, Chancellor's Medal, 1752, a specimen copper award by R. Yeo, bust of George II left, rev. allegorical figures, Senate House in distance, 52mm (MI II, 667/377; E 637; Jones, The Medal 70, p.5). About extremely fine, rare £100-150
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Thomas Holles, Duke of Newcastle, instituted the presentation of two gold medals annually for excellence in Classical learning. They were first awarded in March 1752