Auction Catalogue

6 & 7 February 2024

Starting at 10:00 AM

.

Coins and Historical Medals

Live Online Auction

Download Images

Lot

№ 1222

.

7 February 2024

Hammer Price:
£100

Anne, Countess of Dorset, Memorial, [1676], an electrotype copy of the original medal, unsigned, veiled bust facing three-quarters left, rev. Faith standing, holding bible and long cross, small mb monogram stamped in field, 42mm, 38.41g (cf. MI I, 567/233; cf. E 255b). Traces of mounting at top, otherwise good very fine £80-£100

Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery (1590-1676). This is probably a copy of the British Museum example; it has been suggested that the letters mb stand for Museum Britannicum.