282, Lot: 459. Estimate $150. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. HANOVER. Sir Isaac Newton, physicist, mathematician, and philosopher. 1643-1727. Æ Medal (52mm, 63.05 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. Good VF, brown surfaces.