282, Lot: 463. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. WM Medal (49mm, 33.37 g, 12h). Christ’s College/Beilby Porteus. By J. Philip
after G. F. Pidgeon. Dated 1808. GEORGIUS III · PIUS FORTIS DEFENSOR FIDEI ·, laureate, draped, and armored bust left / OB STUDIA THEOLOGIAE FELICITER INSTITUTA (
on account of the theological studies successfully introduced), view of Christ’s College in Cambridge; in five lines in exergue, COLL · CHRISTI PIETATIS/ERGO D · ALUMNUS OLIM/BEILBY PORTEUS/EPISC · LOND/1808. BHM 633; Eimer 991. EF, some surface marks.