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Auction: 22106 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 18 - British and World Coins, Medals and Tokens - e-Auction
Lot: 1560

The Bernard Pearl Collection of Historical Medals | Death of Earl Howe, 1799, AE medal, by T. Wyon Sr, EARL HOWE ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET, uniformed bust left; below, MDCCXCIX, rev. military arms and trophies around a rostral column, its base inscribed MEMORAE. VICTORY JUNE 1ST. MDCCXCIV, FRENCH FLET DEFEATD. VII SHIPS TAKEN in exergue in two lines, 38mm, 29.79g (Eimer 909; BHM 468; MH 1919, 420), some light fingermarks, otherwise pleasingly lustrous, extremely fine

provenance
SCMB, February 1967, M115 - 30/- 'good EF'

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Estimate
£50 to £100

Starting price
£40