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Lot 158
Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord Medal, contemporary copies of six letters in manuscript, and a Greek coin Death of Lord Byron Medal, 1824. Bronze, 55mm. By G. Galeazzi (and likely struck in Torino). BHM 1226 RRR) . Obv. Bare head r. Rev. Apollo standing l., playing lyre, one foot on funerary barge, AGITANTE CALESCIMVS ILLO ( We become enthusiastic by his inspiration); [Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord] Contemporary copies of 6 letters in Manuscript, pp. 17, large 8vo, comprising 1) letter from Dr Francesco Bruno to Mr C. Hancock with a postscript by Lord Byron dated 2nd January 1824;2-6) from Lord Byron to Mr Charles Hancock, Missolonghi, 13/2/1824 - 10/3/1824 (all published in Leslie A Marchand's 'Letters and Journal of Lord Byron'). There are various small differences. In the 5th letter Marchand reads 'but Bowring or somebody else disgusted him' while the MS has Kennedy in place of Bowring. The paper is watermarked P M Fabriano;with a small Attica bronze coinNote: Note: Bruno was Byron's personal physician; John Bowring was the Honorary Secretary of the London Greek Committee; Kennedy had been a medical officer in the British forces, was an evangelical Christian, and author of Conversations on religion with Lord Byron; Charles Hancock, with his partner Samuel Barff, was Byron's banker in Argostoli on Cephalonia. Marchand in volume 11, p. 124, states 'Bryon put all his business, including the cashing of bills of exchange, in the hands of Barff and Hancock. He established a very friendly personal relationship with Hancock before he left for Missolonghi and wrote some of his most frank and confidential letters to him during his last months among the Greeks.'Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
Lot 65
Lowry, L. S. (1887-1976) The Paintings of L. S. Lowry Oils and Watercolours. With an Introduction and Notes by Mervyn Levy. London: Jupiter Books, 1975. First edition, trade issue, 4to, original blue cloth, dust jacket, signed by Lowry and Levy on the title-page, together with a limited edition print, '"L. S. Lowry" sketch for a bronze plaque bas-relief', one of 300, signed by the artist Louis Solomon, dust jacket spine sunned, spotting to top edge of text-block
![Roman Coins, Miscellaneous Roman silver (24) and bronze (199) coins, 1st-3rd century [223]. Varied state £60-£80](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f9a41299-74b6-484c-b5d7-aeb000adb952/2c9656e5-4e56-48b8-8ee1-af0400cd4449/468x382.jpg)
![Roman Coins, Roman Imperial bronze coins (146), 1st-4th century [146]. Varied state, all with detailed tickets and find spots](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f9a41299-74b6-484c-b5d7-aeb000adb952/51fbc488-c815-4d0c-ac65-af0400cd8d97/468x382.jpg)
![Roman Coins, Roman bronze coins (91), all 3rd-4th century [91]. Varied state £100-£150](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f9a41299-74b6-484c-b5d7-aeb000adb952/e178ee0a-4a1a-4d0f-9722-af0400c96136/468x382.jpg)
![Roman Coins, Roman bronze coins (70), 3rd-4th century, including Magnentius, Constantine I, etc [70]. Varied state £60-£80](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f9a41299-74b6-484c-b5d7-aeb000adb952/bc8c440f-dd71-4001-8124-af0400cc00a4/468x382.jpg)
![Roman Coins, Roman bronze coins (43), all 3rd-4th century, various types [43]. Mostly very fine £80-£100](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f9a41299-74b6-484c-b5d7-aeb000adb952/8fdf19a2-6557-4576-a28f-af0400c9f14d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1077
Antiquities, Roman, bronze plate brooch depicting an eagle catching a hare, late 2nd century AD, 3.5cm long by 2.5cm wide, open-work design with a hollowed out and concave back; the eagle has four incised lines representing its wing, with its open beak and feet clutching the hare below; the pin behind is present but slightly bent (cf. Hattatt 1161). Green patina with slight roughness £60-£80
Lot 1078
Antiquities, Romano-British, bronze trumpet brooches (2), late 1st century AD; first with celtic trumpet motifs forming eyes and nostrils, with an incised pellet border along the foot and head and acanthus leaf decorated central collar, with spring and part of pin, 6.5cm long by 2.7cm high; second has a petal motif as eyes with extended trumpets as the nostril, bow decorated with a central wavy line, 5.5cm long by 2.2cm high [2]. Both very fine £120-£150
Lot 1080
Antiquities, Romano-British, bronze brooches (6), late 1st century/early 2nd century, including Umbonate plate type with enamelled sixteen radial cells of yellow and green; peripheral lugs with ring and dot design; Wroxeter type (3), with flat head plate and chain loop, bow frontally decorated and enamelled in two panels; T-shaped (2) with moulded decoration on bow [6]. All about very fine £100-£150
Lot 1083
Antiquities, Celtic, bronze artefacts (4), 1st century AD, triskel design openwork mount, 37mm diameter; chariot linchpin decorated circular heads (2), first with trumpet motifs, second with red enamel cell surrounded by a raised ring with a punched dot pattern within; horn cap with red enamelled trumpet design [4]. All with green patinas, last damaged £60-£80
Lot 1084
Antiquities, Anglo Saxon, gilt-bronze button brooch, early 6th century, 15 mm diameter x 8 mm deep, upturned rim, face decorated with a chip carved expanding cross, oval shaped petals between; hinge and catch plate behind with iron spring. About very fine £80-£100 --- The cross design is very unusual on a button brooch
Lot 1086
Antiquities, Anglo-Saxon, gilt-bronze chip-carved brooches and mounts (14), 6th-9th century, including saucer brooch with central boss enclosed by a double ring and surrounded by running legs with lozenge shaped thighs, 25mm diameter; lead weight with inset interlaced panel, 17mm x 10mm x 7mm deep, 8.97g; hanging bowl mount with interlaced design, 37mm long [14]. All damaged or fragmentary £100-£150
Lot 1809
Crystal Palace Opened, 1854, a bronze medal by J.G. Adams, jugate busts left, rev. Britannia standing between industry and commerce, 64mm (BHM 2545; E 1485); International Exhibition, 1862, a copper medal by Pinches, view of exhibition buildings, rev. Britannia seated by commerce, 42mm (BHM 2739; E -) [2]. Extremely fine £80-£100
Lot 1820
Birth of the Prince of Wales, 1841, a bronze cliché of the rev. of the medal by W.J. Taylor, 49mm (cf. W & E 307-8; cf. BHM 1993-4); a silvered-brass medalet, unsigned [by J. Moore], 9mm (W & E 320A.2; BHM 1998), contained in a brass box, 16mm; Christening of the Prince of Wales, 1842, a white metal medal, unsigned, 46mm (W & E 348A.1; BHM 2048); Royal Family, a gilt-brass box, 23mm, containing brass medalets of Victoria and Albert, each 11mm, the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, each 9mm (W & E 589 var.; BHM 2342 var.); Britain’s Hope, [c. 1850], white metal medals (2, one gilt) by Allen & Moore, each 26mm (W & E 603A.1; BHM 2383) [Lot]. Very fine or better, BHM 2048 pierced at top £100-£150
![Opening of the Victoria Bridge, Montreal, 1860, a bronze medal by J.S. Wyon [rev. after M.D. Wyatt], bare head of the Prince](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f9a41299-74b6-484c-b5d7-aeb000adb952/3501f66e-0a05-466f-a471-af0400c6f6b1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1828
Marriage of the Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra, 1863, a silver medal by T. Ottley, busts in medallions, rev. wreath, all of the original legend except h.r.h. the prince of wales removed and replaced with engraved legend reading presented this medal to mr a lacomme for his philanthropy & medical services. london 1865, edge inscribed given by h.r.h. the prince of wales to dr a. lacomme, 65mm (W & E 931A.3 var.; BHM 2767 var. [see footnote, this piece cited]). Small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine and toned, unique £400-£500 --- BHM mistakenly states that this piece is bronze; the metal is not specified in the 1982 catalogue
Lot 1834
National Thanksgiving for the Prince of Wales, 1872, a bronze medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon for the Corporation of the City of London, Londinia inviting Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales to enter St Paul's Cathedral, rev. interior of the Cathedral, 77mm (W & E 1160A.1; BHM 2928; E 1618). Good extremely fine; in case of issue £400-£500
Lot 1840
City of London School, New Buildings Opened, 1882, a bronze medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon for the Corporation of the City of London, conjoined busts of the Prince and Princess of Wales right, rev. frontal elevation of the School, 77mm (W & E 1461A.1; BHM 3133; E 1690). Good extremely fine £300-£400
Lot 1842
Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester, 1887, a gilt-bronze medal by Heaton, diademed and velied head of Victoria left, rev. view of the exhibition buildings, 45mm (W & E 2172A var.; BHM 3346). Extremely fine, scarce £100-£120 --- According to W & E the gilt examples of this medal are white metal, but this piece appears to be bronze
Lot 1843
Iron Hardware & Metal Trades Pension Society, Jubilee, 1893, a bronze medal, unsigned, 32mm (W & E 1681A.1; BHM 3461); Naval & Military Exhibition, 1901, a white metal medal, unsigned, 38mm (BHM 3734); Commencement of a New Century, 1901, a copper-nickel medal by the Kings Norton Metal Company Ltd, 45mm (C & W 4090A.1) [3]. Extremely fine or better; first cased £80-£100
![1000th Anniversary of the Death of Alfred the Great, 1901, bronze and white metal medals [by ?], Alfred standing facing, hold](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f9a41299-74b6-484c-b5d7-aeb000adb952/4403ef86-3334-4bfd-b38c-af0400ccac16/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1859
Coronation, 1902, a bronze medal by E. Fuchs for Elkington, 20mm (C & W 4205A.2; BHM 3772); a bronze medal by Elkington, rev. Hotel Metropole, 38mm (C & W 4205U.1); a bronze medal by G. Frampton, 35mm (C & W 4435B.6; BHM 3771); a uniface bronze trial strike of a medal by G. Frampton, 35mm (cf. C & W 4435); a gilt-bronze medal, unsigned, rev. Hornsey, 50 x 44mm (C & W 4765C.1); International Exhibition, London, 1902, a gilt-copper award medal by C. Bonnefond, un-named, 58mm (C & W 4412A.1) [6]. Very fine or better; first two in fitted case by Elkington & Co. Ltd, London £100-£150
Lot 1861
Coronation, 1902, gilt-silver and bronze medals, first unsigned, second inscribed mappin brothers on edge, first struck at the Paris Mint, facing busts in medallions, rev. Fame blowing trumpet and resting left hand on royal shield, each 51mm (C & W 4410A.7, 8; BHM 3836) [2]. Good very fine £80-£100
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