COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS. BRITISH MEDALS. Alexander Pope (1688-1744), poet, Copper Medal, 1741, by J A Dassier, bust right, rev legend within ornamental cartouche, POETA ANGLUS MDCCXLI, 55mm (MI 565/986; Eimer 564; Eisler II, 292.3); Sir John Barnard (1685-1764), merchant and Whig politician, Copper Medal, 1744, by J A Dassier, bust right in civic gown, rev legend within ornamental cartouche, ALDERMANVS CIVITATIS LONDINI MDCCXLIV, 55mm (MI II, 587/230; Eimer 586; Eisler II, 294, 15). Nearly extremely fine. (2)
Sir John Bernard was Lord Mayor of London in 1737
Estimate: £120-150