COERECTIONS.
Vol. I.,
Vol. II.
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p. 132, fo r H. C. Simon read J. H. Simon.
p. 497, fo r James Roettier read Joseph Roettier.
p. 529, fo r O A L read 1 0 A N L , i.e., Jan Lutma, the younger.
p. 314, fo r r e d d i t v r read r e d d i t e .
p. 408, fo r d e x read d en .
MEDALS
ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND IRELAND.
T h e medals, with which it is necessary to commence this work,
are not of much historical value, as they are not contemporary,
and the portraits are either inaccurately copied, or taken from
unauthentic sources. In the inscriptions are several errors
as to dates, which it has not been thought necessary, in all
cases, to notice. The dies were executed in 1731 by a Genevese
artist, Jean Dassier, who resided in London, and the medals
form a continuous series of English sovereigns, from William I.
to George II. They occur in silver, bronze, and soft metal;
and a few sets have been damasked, that is, the device and
legend have been gilt and the field bronzed. One set of these,
from the cabinet of George III., is in the British Museum;
another set, wanting the medal of George II., was sold at Mr.
Thane’s sale in 1819.
The dies of these medals came some years ago into the
possession of Mr. Thomason, of Birmingham, by whom several
sets have been issued ; but they want the sharpness and freshness
of the original impressions. Dassier engraved a few
obverses for this series, which were not ultimately adopted, and
are, consequently, of "extreme rarity. The diameter of each
medal' is nearly 1*65 inch. The whole series was engraved by
Pye, 1797, and also for the Medallic History of England.
Sets of Counters, with representations of the Kings of
England, from Edward the Confessor to Charles I., were, executed
by the brothers Passe and others in the reign of Charles I.
There are at least two series of these counters, but it has not