The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

AUSTRIA, 100 Geburtstag von Joseph Eckhel [Centenary of the Birth of Joseph Eckhel], 1837, a copper medal by L. Manfredini, bust left, rev. Pallas seated left, holding a wreath above a copy of Eckhel’s Doctrina Numorum Veterum resting on a column, 46mm, 46.52g (Wurzb. 1791; Slg. Horsky 7258; cf. Höhn 62, 1823). Mint state, most attractive dark rainbow patina £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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Joseph Hilarius Eckhel (1737-98) was a Jesuit priest and numismatist, and professor of classics at the University of Vienna from 1775, whose classification of coins by region, chronology and type, especially in the ancient world, became the model and standard for later systems.