Charles I

Charles I, Death and Memorial, cast bronze medal or token, c. 1649, crowned rose, C - R to either side, PRAY FOR THE KING, rev., legend in three lines, LORD / GIVE THY / BLESING, 22mm (MI - ). Good fine and seemingly unpublished.

Somewhat in the style of the 17th century Halfpenny tokens and of the medal for the "Royal Standard Erected, 1642" (MI 294/111).

Provenance. Bt. T. Millett, List, 2001 (no. 221).