423, Lot: 518. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Göttingen. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. 1752-1840. Æ Medal (50.5mm, 64.53 g, 12h). On the 50th Anniversary of His Doctorate. By G. Loos and H. Gube. Dated 1825. (rosette) I. FR. BLUMENBACH NATO GOTHAE D. 11 MAII 1752 DOCT. CREATO GOTTINGAE D. 19 SEPT. 1775, draped bust left / (rosette) NATURAE INTERPRETI OSSA LOQUI IUBENTI PHYSIOSOPHILI GERMANICI D. 19 SEPT. 1825, three human skulls, as classified by Blumenbach: Caucasian, Ethiopian, and Mongolian; G LOOS DIR H. GUBE FEC. below. Medicina in Nummis 398. EF, hint of verdigris. Lot also includes a cliche of the reverse.

Ex UBS 69 (25 January 2007), lot 2427.