The Christopher Foley, F.S.A., Collection Of Early English Medals - 16th October 2014
Lot 300
Charles I
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £900
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Description
Charles I, 1649, cast oval silver Memorial medal, of Dutch manufacture, bust of the King right, on stippled background, wearing armour and Garter George on ribbon, CAROLVS REX, date 1649 below, rev., crowned crossed sceptres with CR at sides, lightly stippled background both sides, 43 x 37.5mm (M.I. - ; Platt - ; v.L. - ). A handsome medal, good very fine and apparently unrecorded.
The portrait is virtually identical to the proceeding lot. The Morton & Eden catalogue refers to it being "indistinctly marked .I.P. (?) on truncation", but the present cataloguer feels this is more a roughness in the casting. Traces of the casting sprue remain on the edge between 8 and 9 o'clock.
Provenance: Morton & Eden Auction, 20-21 May, 2003 (lot 1162)