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Auction 90  24 September 2014
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Lot 1853

Estimate: 80 GBP
Price realized: 65 GBP
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS, Medals by Benetto Pistrucci (1783-1855), Royal Humane Society, instituted 1774, Small Copper [unsuccessful] Medal, 1867, by Wyon(?), after Benedetto Pistrucci, an unissued specimen, cherub protects the flame of life, LATEAT SCINTILLVLA FORSAN, rev oak wreath, legend around, HOC PRETIVM CIVE SERVATO TVLIT, 38mm, without suspender (MYB L1). About extremely fine.
When the dies of the large-size medal, by Lewis Pingo, were replaced in about 1826, Pistrucci was commissioned to make the obverse die. Subsequent dies were cut by W Wyon, c.1847 and W J Taylor.

Estimate: £80-120
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