4th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

Coins & Banknotes

 
  Lot 449
 

449

66 x History of Medicine Silver Medallions, obv. depictions of medical practitioners and events from the ancient world to the 20th century, including Hippocrates, the Black Death, Florence Nightingale etc. rev. inscriptions describing the obverse depictions, limited edition no. 39/125, in Systema Sciences Limited album with certificate of authenticity, BU.

Sold for £750
Estimated at £500 - £800


 

The medals are sealed within plastic-cardboard leaves and cannot be removed without causing damage to the folder. Therefore it is not possible to provide an individual weight for each medallion. The gross weight of the folder is 3.14kg, this figure includes the weight of the binding and plastic-cardboard coin leaves. There are 66 medallions in the folder, and each medallion is sterling (.925) silver.

 


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Auction: Coins & Banknotes, 4th May, 2022

To include a wide selection of early and late hammered coinage, including Anglo-Saxon and medieval examples, and milled coinage from the reign of Elizabeth I onwards.

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Tuesday 3 May 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.

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