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№ 1035

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5 March 2024

Hammer Price:
£3,000

Local, LONDON, City of London School, Beaufoy Shakespearian Prize (founded 1851), a silver award medal by B. Wyon, bust of William Shakespeare left, rev. Prospero and Ariel, Cardinal Wolsey, Lady Macbeth, Falstaff and Henry V, edge named (Christian Mortimer, 1853), 77mm, 308.10g (Ogden, BNJ 1910, 57). Almost extremely fine and extremely rare £200-£260

This award was given very sparingly; W. Sharp Ogden states that only four were awarded between 1853 and 1885, of which this is possibly the first.