Auction Catalogue

11 December 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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English, Scottish and World Coins. Tokens, Tickets and Passes. Historical and Art Medals. World Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 757

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11 December 2002

Estimate: £100–£120

Sweden, Foundation of the Swedish Academy of Painting and Sculpture, 1775, a bronze medal by G. Ljunberger, bust of Gerhard Meijer right, rev. frontal elevation of the Academy, 49mm (Hild. 211; Wurz. 6220); Anders van Höpken, a white metal medal by C.G. Fehrman, draped bust right, rev. legend in wreath, 54mm; Karl XIV, Silver Jubilee, 1843, a bronze medal by C.M. Frumerie, laureate bust right, rev. standing figures of Mercury and Justice shaking hands over tablet, 60mm (BDM II, 165); Death of Magnus Brahe, 1844, a bronze medal by L.P. Lundgren, bust right, rev. weeping robed male figure standing next to casket, 56mm (BDM III, 497)Jubilee of the University of Upsala, 1877, a bronze medal by A. Lindberg, bust of Oscar II right, rev. seated robed female with accoutrements, 56mm (BDM –); Gustav Klemming, 1888, an oval bronze medal by A. Lindberg for the Svenska Numismatiska Föreningen, bust three-quarters right, rev. legend in 8 lines, 50 x 45mm (cf. Baldwin Argentum May 2002, 497); Oscar II, Silver Jubilee, 1897, a bronze medal by A. Lindberg, bust left, rev. two standing knights supporting arms, 58mm (BDM –); 600th Anniversary of the Ålands Landsting, 1922, a bronze medal, unsigned, for Kultakeskus, seated figure of St Olaf holding orb and axe, rev. tree with names of the islands inscribed on it, 70mm. [8]. Extremely fine or better (£100-120)

The estimate is £100-120