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Auction 48  24 Sep 2020
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Lot 394

Estimate: 70 GBP
Price realized: 56 GBP
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Commemorative Medals, Old Testament, Elijah fed by ravens at the brook Cherith, copper medal, c.1830, from Sir Edward Thomason's series of sixty 'Medallic Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures', two ravens swoop on Elijah with food, after the painting by Paolo Veronese, rev. legend in 29 lines, 73.5mm. (BHM.1468, no. 43), extremely fine and very rare in copper
Brown (BHM) lists the medals from the series in silver and, as are most commonly found, white metal. Examples in copper must be very rare
(70-100 GBP)
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