BRIOT, Nicholas  (1579-1646) French-English engraver, diesinker,
          medalist Paris Mint (1606-25), chief engraver, Tower Mint,
          London (1633), mintmaster Edinburg Mint (1635-39).
          Born Damblain, Lorraine, France, 1579.
          His and Léonard Gaultier's work influenced design of
          Mark Newbie's Saint Patrick Coppers for American
          colonies, Briot probably engraved these dies.
          Hawkins states “His dies of coins and medals are gems
          of medallic art.”
          Died Oxford, England, 1646.

          C  O  I  N  S

n.d. (1641-2) Newbie's "Saint Patrick" Coppers (engraved
by Nicholas Briot, after Léonard Gaultier; struck
by Royal Mint) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breen 198-219

          B I O G R A P I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

D3a {2006} Benezit. Dictionary of Artists, 2:1261.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

O2  {1885] Hawkins, p 721.
E3  {1902-30} Forrer 1:285-294.
O9  {1977} Paris Mint Catalogue, 1:133.
O12 {1988} Breen, 198-219, p 33-36; 45.