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Auction: 1012 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 1118

William Hunter, Scottish physician and surgeon (1718-83), silver gilt prize medal by E. Burch R.A., gvl. hvnter. anatomicvs., draped bust left, wearing cap, rev. olim. meminisse. ivvabit., ornate vase with a scene depicting a surgical operation, 80mm., the rim engraved st georges school of medicine session 1850 & 1851. anatomical prize awarded to mr h. lane. (BHM 188; CP 29; E.754), cast and chased with the fields smooth and the details stippled, the gilding still fresh, the portrait, in high relief, well protected by the high rim, tiny piercing in the border at 12 o´clock, very fine, very rare Estimate £ 400-600

Sold for
£380