SINCONA British Collection - Part 6
(British Gold and Silver Medals)
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George III. 1760-1820. Gold Medal 1765, 23.39 g. University of Cambridge, Browne Medal. By L. Pingo. Bust, draped. ESSE ET VIDERI D . GVLIELMVS BROWNE, EQVES . NAT . III . NON . IAN . A . I . MDCXCII. Rv. Kneeling figure, being crowned by Apollo, seated. SVNT SVA PRAEMIA LAVDI In exergue: ELECTVS COLL . MED . LOND . PRAESES A . S . MDCCLXV. Plain edge. 36.1 mm. Eimer 711. BHM 92. Pingo 52. Gutes vorzüglich / About Uncirculated.
Sir William Browne (1692-1774) was elected president of the Royal College of Physicians in 1765. The Browne Medals (also known as the Sir William Browne's Medals) are gold medals which since his death in 1774 have been awarded for annual undergraduate competitions in Latin and Greek poetry at the University of Cambridge.