The Christopher Foley, F.S.A., Collection Of Early English Medals - 16th October 2014
Lot 294
Charles I
Estimate £2,500 - £3,000 | Hammer £4000
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Description
Charles I, gold 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 excessively rare in gold.
The second known specimen, Platt records aother in the Ashmolean Museum.
Provenance: Woolley & Wallis Auction, 31 January, 2007 (lot 680).