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GERMANY, Bremen Phililogentag [Bremen Philology Day], 1899, a cast bronze maquette by H....
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GERMANY, Bremen Phililogentag [Bremen Philology Day], 1899, a cast bronze maquette by H. Bulling [M.H. Wilkens & Söhne, Bremen], half-length portrait of Theodor Mommsen left, head tilted and facing, arms of Bremen below, 198mm, 311.03g (DGMK 8, 359; BDM VII, 135). Extremely fine, attractive fresh patina, very rare, an expressive likeness of the subject; with loop for suspension
£150-£200
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Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903), classical scholar, historian, politician and archaeologist; b Garding, Schleswig; studied law at Kiel, 1838-43; professor of law at Leipzig, 1848, Zurich 1852, Breslau 1854; professor of Roman history at Berlin, 1861-87; awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 1902. The portrait on the medal is based on a painting of Mommsen by Ludwig Knaus (1829-1910)
GERMANY, Bremen Phililogentag [Bremen Philology Day], 1899, a cast bronze maquette by H. Bulling [M.H. Wilkens & Söhne, Bremen], half-length portrait of Theodor Mommsen left, head tilted and facing, arms of Bremen below, 198mm, 311.03g (DGMK 8, 359; BDM VII, 135). Extremely fine, attractive fresh patina, very rare, an expressive likeness of the subject; with loop for suspension
£150-£200
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Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903), classical scholar, historian, politician and archaeologist; b Garding, Schleswig; studied law at Kiel, 1838-43; professor of law at Leipzig, 1848, Zurich 1852, Breslau 1854; professor of Roman history at Berlin, 1861-87; awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 1902. The portrait on the medal is based on a painting of Mommsen by Ludwig Knaus (1829-1910)
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