The Dr Jerome J. Platt Collection of 17th-Century Medals

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

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Dr Jerome J. Platt Collection of 17th-Century Medals.

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Bonhams Auction, 29 May 1996, lot 36 (part)

The first design, with a slightly smaller bust, was rejected by Dassier himself, on account of the portrait bearing little resemblance to the king.