Please note: sorry, no shipping to Asia, Africa, South America, Russia, Turkey and Switzerland Grade: EF/EF+ cleaned surfaces Material: AE gilded Weight: 67,50 g Diameter: 52 mm Ref.: BHM 446. Eimer 888 Obverse: IOHANNUS PHILLIPUS KEMBLE; engraver's name and firm below; "I G HANCOCK SCULPR AD VIVUM" Reverse: An open wreath with an inscription inside; "TRAGOEDDUS ANGLICUS AET . XLI MDCCXCVIII" in four lines ("The English tragedian aged 41, 1798") Private purchase from Christopher Eimer, February 2012 Kemble was a prominent actor playing over 120 characters, many of them Shakespearian. When the theater at Covent Garden burned down in 1808 he was the manager. After it was rebuilt, he raised the admission price resulting in demonstrations from unhappy patrons (source: Davissons)