Impressive Athena Portrait

942519.

Sold For $465

temp. HANOVER. George IV. 1820-1830. Æ Medal (58mm, 82.89 g, 12h). Birmingham and Edgbaston Schools Award. By T. Halliday. Struck circa 1830. DOCTRINA VIM PROMOVET INSITAM (learning promotes [one’s] natural talent, –adapted from Horace), head of Athena right, wearing earring and crested helmet decorated with horses’ heads, griffin, and palmettes / SCHOL: PROPRIET: BIRMINGHAM: ET EDGBASTON: PRÆSID: L.L.F.C., DIGNISSIMO (of the highest honor) within wreath. BHM –; Eimer –; D&W 207/42. Superb EF, rich red-brown surfaces. An amazing portrait of Athena and of interest to any collector of ancient Athenian or Corinthian coinage.