Auction Catalogue

15 December 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Historical and Art Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 1261

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£220

Richard III, 1485, a silver medal by J. Dassier, bust right, rev. figure of Fury holding crown and dagger, lying beside the two murdered Princes, all on a decorated sarcophagus, 41mm (MI I, 19; E 22). About extremely fine, toned, rare (£250-300)

Dassier medals in silver are not often seen in commerce