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Auction 191 4-5 May 2021
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Numismatic Medals from the North Yorkshire Moors Collection
William Wyon, 1854, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. Britannia and four sea-horses, 56mm (BHM 2535; E 1480). Extremely fine £150-£200
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William Wyon (1795-1851), medallist; apprenticed to his father Peter Wyon in Birmingham, 1809; appointed second engraver at the Royal Mint, 1816 and chief engraver, 1828-51; an artist of prodigious output and artistic skill
William Wyon, 1854, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. Britannia and four sea-horses, 56mm (BHM 2535; E 1480). Extremely fine £150-£200
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William Wyon (1795-1851), medallist; apprenticed to his father Peter Wyon in Birmingham, 1809; appointed second engraver at the Royal Mint, 1816 and chief engraver, 1828-51; an artist of prodigious output and artistic skill