| St. James's Auctions Ltd > Auction 88 | Auction date: 27 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 252 Price realized: 50 GBP (Approx. 63 USD / 58 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Napoleon II, King of Rome (1811-1832) [Napoléon-François-Charles-Joseph Bonaparte], a portrait medal in pewter, 1843, by Leonard Charles Wyon (1826-1891), child bust l., after Bertrand Andrieu, LE FILS DE NAPOLEON, signed below truncation, LEONARD C. WYON AET. 16, rev. crest, motto [DEEDS NOT WORDS] and initials of Richard Sainthill, HAUD IMMEMOR BENEFICIORUM, 34mm. (Attwood, Hard at Work, pp. 58-59; BDM VI, 629; Durand, Médailles et Jetons des Numismates, 176/2), some porosity, but about very fine and exceedingly rare; together with a small soft metal 'squeeze', a portrait head of an unknown and balding gentleman l, 22 x 19mm., possibly connected to L. C. Wyon, very fine (2) Richard Sainthill (1787-1869) had been a champion of William Wyon in his dispute with Benedetto Pistrucci and was to write a catalogue of Wyon's works. He commissioned the young Leonard Charles, William's son, to produce this medal, at the age of 16, and the medal's reverse acknowledges the fact by showing Sainthill's arms and motto, and also with a generous reverse legend, HAUD IMMEMOR BENEFICIORUM ([He is] not oblivious to the benefits). The medal would have been struck at the Royal Mint. Estimate: 80 - 120 GBP |  |
