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Commemorative Medals, Old Testament, Elijah fed by ravens at the brook Cherith, copper medal, c.1830, from Sir Edward Thomason’s series of sixty ‘Medallic Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures’,
Obverse: two ravens swoop on Elijah with food, after the painting by Paolo Veronese
Reverse: legend in 29 lines
Diameter: 73.5mm.
(BHM.1468, no. 43), extremely fine and very rare in copper
Brown (BHM) lists the medals from the series in silver and, as are most commonly found, white metal. Examples in copper must be very rare
Collection : Distinctive World Medals