Lot 976 , A rare Northampton Humane Society silver medal, dated 1789, obv. 'HOC . NORTHANT . IN RESUSC INTERMORT . INSTIT . MDCCLXXXIX'. Reverse:. 'HOC PRETIVM CIVE SERVATO TVLIT'. rev. LATEAT SCINTILLVLA FORSAN', with an oak garl
A rare Northampton Humane Society silver medal, dated 1789,
obv. 'HOC . NORTHANT . IN RESUSC INTERMORT . INSTIT . MDCCLXXXIX'. Reverse:. 'HOC PRETIVM CIVE SERVATO TVLIT'. rev. LATEAT SCINTILLVLA FORSAN', with an oak garland tied with ribbon, blank for inscription within wreath, 37mm, unnamed, Compare a similar bronze medal in the Royal Museums Greenwich collection inv. no. MED0503
£200-300
Sold for £180