Noonans
Auction 265 23 Nov 2022
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Early Stuart and Civil War
Charles I, Memorial, 1649, copper medals (3) by J. Dassier, cuirassed laureate bust left, wearing ermine mantle fastened with a brooch, signed idf below, carolus i d g m br fr et hib rex, rev. Britannia seated on an urn-shaped monument, raising a pall revealing the king's head, all 41mm (Platt I, pp.272-3, types A-C, these items; MI I, 353/212) [3]. About extremely fine, one with a rejected design, this very rare £100-£150
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The first design, with a slightly smaller bust, was rejected by Dassier himself, on account of the portrait bearing little resemblance to the king.
Charles I, Memorial, 1649, copper medals (3) by J. Dassier, cuirassed laureate bust left, wearing ermine mantle fastened with a brooch, signed idf below, carolus i d g m br fr et hib rex, rev. Britannia seated on an urn-shaped monument, raising a pall revealing the king's head, all 41mm (Platt I, pp.272-3, types A-C, these items; MI I, 353/212) [3]. About extremely fine, one with a rejected design, this very rare £100-£150
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The first design, with a slightly smaller bust, was rejected by Dassier himself, on account of the portrait bearing little resemblance to the king.