The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals

FRANCE, Joaquín Albarrán, 1907, a uniface cast bronze medal by J.-V.-J.-A. Ségoffin, bust left, 89mm, 137.88g (Freeman, Medical Medals, 5; Storer –; Brettauer –; cf. iNumis MBS 52, 827; cf. DNW 36, 699). Very fine and a good high-relief portrait study, rare; small piercing at top for suspension £80-£100

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

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Joaquin Maria Albarrán y Dominguez (1860-1912) was a urologist, b. Sagua La Grande, Cuba, and director of the clinic of urology at Hôpital Necker, Paris.