217, Lot: 509. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEDALS. Joseph Eckhel. 1737-1798. Set of three Medals (46mm). Centenary of Birth issue. Luigi Manfredini, engraver. Bare-headed and draped bust of Joseph Eckhel left / SYSTEMATIS REI NVMARIAE ANTIQVAE CONDITORI, Minerva seated left on classical-style marble bench, crowning book set on cippus with wreath. Forrer III, 554; Durand 1. EF. Original medal in bronze, the gold and silver are electrotypes. Rare.

This medal, commemorating the founder of the modern science of classical numismatics, was struck in bronze. The offering here of the original bronze medal with its gold and silver electroypes is a rare and noteworthy set.