Auction Catalogue

30 November 2000

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Ancient, British and World Coins. Tokens, Tickets and Passes. Historical and Art Medals. British and World Paper Money.

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 550

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30 November 2000

Hammer Price:
£25

Martin Folkes, 1740, a copper medal by J.A. Dassier, bust right in cap, reverse legend within ornamented quadrilobe, 54mm (MI 558/185; E 556). Obverse edge knock at 2 o’clock and some surface marks, otherwise very fine (£30-40)

Martin Folkes (1690-1754), scholar, antiquary and numismatist; President of the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries. Specimens of the medal, the first in Dassier’s series of celebrated men living in England, were originally sold for 7s6d [37.5p]