Isaac Newton – Master of the Mint

CNG 88, Lot: 2122. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. HANOVER. Sir Isaac Newton, physicist, mathematician, and philosopher. 1643-1747. AR Medal (52mm, 60.37 g, 12h). The Death of Newton. By J. Croker. Dated 1726 A. S. in Roman numerals. ISAACVS · NEWTONVS ·, draped bust left / FELIX · COGNOSERE · CAVSAS (fortunate to recognize the causes), Science seated left, head right, leaning against draped table to right, holding tablet displaying diagram of the planetary system; M·DCC·XXVI in exergue. MI 469/83; Eimer 504. EF, attractively toned and lustrous, with a few light hairlines. Includes contemporary shagreen case of issue.