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Auction 22111  6 Sep 2022
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Lot 4542

Starting price: 80 GBP
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Death of John Friend, AE medal, 1728, by F. St Urbain, IOANNES. FRIEND. COII. MED. LOND. ET. REG. S. S., BUST LEFT, REV. MEDICINA. VETVS. ET. NOVA., ancient and modern physician stand facing and shaking hands; medical implements at their feet, 58mm, 123. 64g (Eimer 515; MI II 488/28), surfaces lightly contact marked, nevertheless with some residual lustre and toning, near extremely fine, scarce.
provenance
The Claremont Collection, DNW, Auction 199, 1st December 2021, lot 838


John Freind (1675-1728), physician and MP, was appointed personal physician to the Princess of Wales in 1726, a position he retained when she became Queen Caroline the following year.
Estimate: £120 - £150
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