The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals |
The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals | Majority of George, Prince of Wales in 1759, AR Medal, by Thomas Pingo, GEORGIVS • WALLIAE • PRINCEPS, draped and cuirassed bust left, rev. TELLVS JACTABIT ALVMNO, female figure of Tellus seated, between two lions, couchant, plays a cymbal while four females dance around an oak-tree, a ribbon inscribed ROBVR BRITANNIAE and TELLVS JACTABIT ALVMNO, ADVLTAE AETATIS DIES FAVSTISSIMVS IV • JVN • MDCCLIX in exergue in three lines, 61.65g, 56mm, 12h (Eimer 666; MI ii, 698/428), some contact marks to edge, otherwise pleasingly toned and lustrous, near extremely fine, very rare in this metal
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The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals
Baldwins, by private treaty, c. 1965 - £7.10.0
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