Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Patrick Hamilton, 1528, medals by J. Dassier (2), in silver and copper, both 28mm (MI I, 32/19); Peter Martyr, 1553, medals by J. Dassier (2), in silver and copper, both 28mm (MI I, 67/8); Nicholas Ridley, 1555, medals by J. Dassier (2), in silver and copper, both 28mm (MI I, 76/27); Martin Bucer, 1557, copper medals by J. Dassier (2), both 28mm (MI I, 82/41) [8]. Very fine and better, silver medals toned (£90-120)

Provenance:
S.H. Betts Collection, Spink Auction 8, 27 February 1980, lot 307 (part)
E.W. Danson Collection.

Patrick Hamilton (1504-28), Protestant reformer, burnt at the stake at St Andrews, 28 February 1527/8; Peter Martyr Vermigli (1500-62), former canon of Christ Church, Oxford; Nicholas Ridley (1500-55), burnt at the stake at Oxford, 16 October 1555; Martin Bucer (1491-1551), professor of Divinity, Cambridge, whose bones were exhumed and burnt at Cambridge on 6 February 1556/7