Lot 2497

1732/1831 Medal 'Prijspenning van de Hollandsche Maatschappij van Wetenschapen' by J.G. Holtzhey (VvL.328) - Obv. The Truth with palm branch, in the background a view of Haarlem / The Religion and the Dutch Maiden sitting at an altar - coppered tin cast 54 mm 38,95 gram - VF/XF - on edge incuse I(?) H F WIG … (removed) - in cylindrical boxwood box with old card 'Prijsmedaille von der Holländ. (...) für Dr. I.H.F. Wigand 1831 Abguss von Original' - NB J.H.G. Wigand was the author of a prize treatise on the preparation of Emetine from Ipecacuanha (Nat. Verh. XX 1833)