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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]
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