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Auction 66 22 Sep 2022
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George, Prince of Wales (1762-1820-1830), gold medal on his attaining his Majority, 1759, by Thomas Pingo, laureate and armoured bust l., with sash and ermine stole, his hair long and tied behind, GEORGIVS WALLIAE PRINCEPS, rev. Tellus [the Roman Goddess of Mother Earth] seated to r., wearing mural crown, resting lions and shield at her side, watching four aidens dancing around an oak-tree, TELLVS JACTABIT ALVMNO, and on ribband, ROBVR BRITANNIAE, in exergue, ADVLTÆ ÆTATIS DIES FAVSTISSIMVS IV JVN MDCCLIX, wt. 94.09gms., 54.5mm. (MI 698/428; Eimer, Pingo 13, a single gold specimen noted, this in the British Museum; Eimer 666), extremely fine, pierced for suspension and the slightest of edge bruises at 10 o'clock, extremely rare and believed to be only the second known specimen in gold
*ex. A. H. Baldwin & Son, Auction 76, 26 September 2012 (lot 1686) and Sotheby's, 9 March 1989 [Emmanuel L Wolf], lot 238 (withdrawn).
Within the case are two labels, in the base in a neat hand, "Donum hoc perhonorifum ab ipsa manu Serenissimi Princeps Walliae acceptum XIV Jun MDCCLX sumino semper in prelio (or pretio) habit Vir Celeberrimus DAVID MIDDLETON Exercilius Britannici Archi Chirurgusa" and in the lid the weight, in ounces, pennyweight and grains "3 : 0 : 14", with below, "Ex dono P: Walliæ / XIV Jun: 1760".
David Middleton (1703-1785), was appointed Surgeon to the 1st Troop of Horse Guards in 1732 and was later Surgeon-General to the army. In 1733 he became the Surgeon-in-Ordinary at St. George's Hospital in London, a position he held until 1764. He was George III's doctor before and after the King's accession. He died at Kensington Palace at the age of 81. His portrait was painted by Thomas Gainsborough in the 1770's - a contemporary copy hangs in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Merseyside.
The medal features in the new A. H. Baldwins & Son publication 150 Greatest Rarities Published 2022, to celebrate the company's 150th Anniversary, rarity number 88 in the book.
(20000-30000 GBP)
*ex. A. H. Baldwin & Son, Auction 76, 26 September 2012 (lot 1686) and Sotheby's, 9 March 1989 [Emmanuel L Wolf], lot 238 (withdrawn).
Within the case are two labels, in the base in a neat hand, "Donum hoc perhonorifum ab ipsa manu Serenissimi Princeps Walliae acceptum XIV Jun MDCCLX sumino semper in prelio (or pretio) habit Vir Celeberrimus DAVID MIDDLETON Exercilius Britannici Archi Chirurgusa" and in the lid the weight, in ounces, pennyweight and grains "3 : 0 : 14", with below, "Ex dono P: Walliæ / XIV Jun: 1760".
David Middleton (1703-1785), was appointed Surgeon to the 1st Troop of Horse Guards in 1732 and was later Surgeon-General to the army. In 1733 he became the Surgeon-in-Ordinary at St. George's Hospital in London, a position he held until 1764. He was George III's doctor before and after the King's accession. He died at Kensington Palace at the age of 81. His portrait was painted by Thomas Gainsborough in the 1770's - a contemporary copy hangs in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Merseyside.
The medal features in the new A. H. Baldwins & Son publication 150 Greatest Rarities Published 2022, to celebrate the company's 150th Anniversary, rarity number 88 in the book.
(20000-30000 GBP)