COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS. BRITISH MEDALS. Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton (1607-1667), Lord High Treasurer, 1660-1667, Silver Electrotype Copy of the medal by Abraham and Thomas Simon, 1664, by Robert Ready, bust left wearing cap and gown, his hair over his collar, rev THOMAS COMES SOVTHAMPTONÆ SVMMTS ..., 41.5mm (cf MI 502/137; Eimer 227). Nearly extremely fine.
Robert Cooper Ready (1811-1901) joined the British Museum in 1859 to make copies of coins, medals and seals etc., and he pioneered the use of the electrotype process. The edge of the medal carries his "RR" stamp.
Estimate: £120-150