NGC UNC DETAILS OBV SPOT REMOVED (6640665-005).
Av. HONOREM PRINCEPS PROPONIT / VICTORIA. Nude head to Queen's left, hair in a bun held back by roses; signature B. WYON below.
Rv. View of the tomb of William de Wykeham in Winchester Cathedral. In exergue: ETTAM SEPULTI VIVIT FAMA WYKEHAMI OB. MCCCCIV and signature B. WYON.
BHM.1560 - Eimer 1240 (under William IV); Gold - 57.01 g - 49 mm - 12 h
Edge inscribed with attribution: LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON, SCHOLARIS MDCCCLXXXV for Lionel Johnson (1867-1902), British poet, essayist and critic.
NGC UNC DETAILS OBV SPOT REMOVED (6640665-005).
Special strike for this medal used in 1885 as a Winchester College prize. Test mark at 12 o'clock on reverse scroll. Listel repaired and scratched on the right at 8 o'clock. Superb.
