MARTIN FOLKES

DASSIER, Jacques-Antoine: England, 1740, Bronze, 55 mm
Obv: Bust    MARTINUS FOLKES ARM.
Rev: Ornamental device    SOCIETATIS REGALIS LONDINI SODALIS. M.DCC.XL. (Fellow of the Royal Society of London, 1740)
Signed:  JA. ANT. DASSIER
Ref: M.I. ii, 558/185; Eimer 82/556; Forrer I, p.337 (illustrated); Thompson 48/01;  Weiss BW039

From Jacques-Antoine Dassier's London Series of medals depicting celebrated contemporary men.
Martin Folkes (1690-1754) was a scholar and antiquary. He succeeded Sir Hans Sloane as President of the Royal Society of London. He was also President of the Society of Antiquaries.

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