Medals from the Thomason Medallic Bible Series

425, Lot: 802. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. temp. William IV. 1830-1837. Tin Medal (73mm, 107.40 g, 12h). Thomason Medallic Bible Series. The Expulsion of Adam and Eve From Paradise. By Sir Edward Thomasen, Birmingham. Struck 1830. Adam and Eve being driven from the Garden by the Angel / BC date and lengthy Biblical passage describing the scene; cherub above and below. BHM 1468; Eimer 1238. EF, some erosion on obverse.

The original Thomason Medallic Bible Series was a set of sixty medals struck in 1830 that captured the essence of the entire Holy Bible in medallic art. The obverse designs were inspired by the works of well-known Renaissance artists and executed by several different engravers(all unnamed on the medals). The reverse of each medal contained a dense text quotation or explanation describing the topic of each medal. The 1830 set was produced in Birmingham, England by Sir Edward Thomason, who felt divinely inspired to promote the glory of God by impressing the Word of God upon gold, silver and other indestructible metals.