The Christopher Foley, F.S.A., Collection Of Early English Medals - 16 Oct 2014
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Prince Charles
Prince Charles, Installation as a Knight of the Garter, silver medal, 1638, by Nicholas Briot, sheep shelter beneath the tallest tree, above which his coronet, SERIS FACTVRA NEPOTIBVS VMBRAM, rev., legend in seven lines within Garter, CAROL M B REGIS FILIVS CAROL PRINC INAVGVRATVR XXII MAI MDCXXXIIX, 30mm (MI 281/88; Eim. 131; BMC [Jones] 171; Platt, type B, pp. 144-45). Some slight damage to obverse field, partly tooled, fine, reverse better.