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Collector's Choice February 2022 Auction 22-24 Feb 2022
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GREAT BRITAIN. Olympic Games Silvered Bronze Medal, 1908. PCGS MS-61.
BHM-3963; Eimer-1904. By B. Mackennel. Diameter: 50mm. Obverse: Charioteer, holding whip and reins, driving quadriga left; nude participant standing left in quadriga, with hand over breast and holding palm frond and billowing cape; Reverse: Fame, with head right and holding palm frond and trumpet, standing facing on globe. Edge: Plain. A SCARCE and exceptionally alluring early representative for the modern Olympic Games, with the 1908 games being held in London. Compare to a similar, fully silver example in our 2014 NYINC auction (lot # 2161), which realized a hammer of $2,200.
Estimate: $300 - $500
BHM-3963; Eimer-1904. By B. Mackennel. Diameter: 50mm. Obverse: Charioteer, holding whip and reins, driving quadriga left; nude participant standing left in quadriga, with hand over breast and holding palm frond and billowing cape; Reverse: Fame, with head right and holding palm frond and trumpet, standing facing on globe. Edge: Plain. A SCARCE and exceptionally alluring early representative for the modern Olympic Games, with the 1908 games being held in London. Compare to a similar, fully silver example in our 2014 NYINC auction (lot # 2161), which realized a hammer of $2,200.
Estimate: $300 - $500