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Auction: 8019 - Ancient, English, Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 288

George III, Christ´s College, Cambridge, Porteus Medal 1808, gold prize medal by J. Philip, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, signed j.p.fec. on truncation, rev. college gateway, 49mm. 83.24g. (BHM.634; E.991), edge engraved johannes dowell ridout mdcccxxxviii, extremely fine, very rare Estimate £ 1,200-1,500 John Dowell Ridout (1818-1905), born in Newland, Gloucester, He married Alicia Mais in 1859 and settled in Bourne, Cambridgeshire.

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