Charles I

Charles I, silver Memorial medal, 1649, by James and Norbert Roettier, armored and draped bust right, CAROL DG M B F ET H REX & GLOR MEM, rev., hand from heaven holds crown over a pastoral landscape, VIRTVT EX ME FORTVNAM EX ALIJS, 34.5mm 16.7 mm (MI 347/201; Platt I, type C, p. 263; Eim. 162b). Extremely fine and toned.

Provenance: Ex E. K. Barnsdale Collection, Spink, New York, 11 December, 2001 (lot 23).