| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Dallas Signature Sale 3126 | Auction date: 6 November 2025 |
| Lot number: 32205 Price realized: 8,000 USD (Approx. 6,933 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
| Lot description: Great Britain Harrow School gold "Isabella-Gregory" Prize Medal 1853-Dated MS60 Deep Prooflike NGC, BHM-Unl. 45mm. 67.00gm. Isabella-Gregory Prize Medal for Latin awarded to J.W. Hozier. By W. Wyon. Façade of the building; In exergue: STET FORTVNA DOMVS // Legend in eight lines within wreath: IN MEMORIAM ISABELLAE CONJUGIS RICARDUS GREGORY HARROVIENSIS HARROVIENSIBUS PROPOSUIT M . S . MDCCCXXXVIII. Edge engraving: JOHN WALLACE HOZIER. 1853. Richard Gregory created this gold award medal weighing 10 guineas in November 1838 in memory of his first wife Isabella. It was to be awarded annually to pupils of the Harrow School in north-west London, a school steeped in tradition, for the composition of Latin prose. Gregory also endowed scholarships for Harrow pupils to study Latin at Cambridge and Oxford. The school's most famous pupil was Winston Churchill. www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice https://coins.ha.com/itm/great-britain/great-britain-harrow-school-gold-isabella-gregory-prize-medal-1853-dated-ms60-deep-prooflike-ngc-/a/3126-32205.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3126-11062025 HID02906262019 © 2025 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Certification number: NGC 8523318005 |