| Sovereign Rarities Ltd > Auction 12 | Auction date: 21 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 316 Price realized: Unsold | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Italy, Bologna, Luigi Galvani (1737-1798), Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher, pioneer of bio electromagnetics, and bioelectricity, bronze medal by Tommaso Mercandetti, 1888, on the centenary of the discovery of galvanism, bust right, ALOYSIVS GALVANVS, rev. ANNO MDCCCLXXXVIII CENTESIMO A VI ELECTRICA ANIMANTIUM INVENTA CIVITAS BONONIENSIS, 145g, 67mm. Extremely fine, beautiful chestnut patina, scarce. When challenged by Lord Byron to write a ghost story, it was Galvani's research that inspired Mary Shelley to write her horror classic, Frankenstein. Starting price: 110 GBP |  |
