Great Britain Historical Medals
This lot is not illustrated.
Lot 3782 Session 14 (4.30pm Thursday 24 November) Leslie J Carlisle C Great Britain Historical Medals
Estimate $50
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $30
CROYDON, 1977, mid-fired pottery unofficial teaching staff presentation medal (91mm), from Croydon High School, South Australia, obverse, a grotesque face with tongue sticking out, at the right side a fly and at the left 'Croydon 1977', reverse, a sexually explicit depiction of an ithyphallic satyr advancing right and carrying off a nymph who has a bottle in one hand and a cup in the other, based on the design of ancient Greek Thracian Islands coinage of Thasos c500-480BC. Crude but uncirculated.
Estimate / sale price does not include buyer's premium (currently 22% including GST) which is added to hammer price. All bids are executed on the understanding that the Terms & Conditions of sale have been read and accepted. For information on grading and estimates please refer to the Buying at Auction advice.
Quick find
View a lot by number and sale.
Adjacent lots
Lot 3780
GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY, Silver Jubilee 1910 - 1935, uniface medallion of the official ...
Estimate $50
Lot 3781
ELIZABETH II, various cased medals, commemorative issues, noted 50th Anniversary of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Death, ...
Estimate $100
Lot 3782 This lot
CROYDON, 1977, mid-fired pottery unofficial teaching staff presentation medal (91mm), from Croydon High School, South ...
Estimate $50
Lot 3783
INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL CENTRE, Cambridge, England, Deputy Director General appointment medal in silver (38mm), with suspension ...
Estimate $100
Lot 3784
ARMORIAL METAL DIES, (2), one (20mm) features an arm in armour holding a sword all ...
Estimate $50