| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 292 | Auction date: 6 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 153 Price realized: 40 GBP (Approx. 51 USD / 47 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals Galeazzi, Gaspare (Italian, 1801-1883); b. Mede ITALY, Secondo Congresso degli Scienziati, Turin [Second Scientific Congress], 1840, a copper medal by G. Galeazzi, Minerva seated left on plinth, holding a globe in each hand, rev. legend in 7 lines, 73mm, 165.20g (Comencini II, p.910; MRB 640; Wurzb. 8879; BDM VII, 336). Stain by Minerva's head and some surface marks, otherwise very fine £30-£40 --- Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 7 June 2003, lot 417 The Congress, staged between 16 and 30 September 1840 at the University of Turin and the Academy of Sciences, was attended by 573 scientists, including the English mathematician Charles Babbage. Each attendee received one of these medals. The artist's christian name is correctly Gaspare, not Giuseppe as per Forrer. |  |
