The Christopher Foley, F.S.A., Collection Of Early English Medals - 16th October 2014
Lot 274
Sir Robert Heath (1575-1649)
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000
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Description
Sir Robert Heath (1575-1649), judge, politician, Attorney General and Lord Chief Justice, silver badge, 1645, by Thomas Rawlins, signed R on obverse, bust left in robes of office, Collar and wearing cap, EFFIG R HEATH MIL CAP IVS D BANC REG - ÆTAT SVÆ 71 1645, rev., armorial shield of Heath in incuse, within laurel branches, 40.5 x 25mm (MI 319/154; Platt II, pp. 150-51), integral suspension loop and loop also at bottom. Good very fine, seemingly once gilt and uneven tone, very rare.
Heath was MP for the City of London and then East Grinstead. Dismissed from office in 1645 he fled to France three years later. He died in Calais in 1649.
Provenance: Bt. Baldwin.