Beschreibung

Charles II. 1660-1685. Silver Medal 1666, 60.12 g. Proposed Commercial Treaty with Spain. Unsigned. Bust laureate. CAROLVS . SECVNDVS . DEI . GRATIA . MAG . BRI . FRAN . ET . HIB . REX. Rv. Statue of Charles II as a Roman general; beyond sea crowded with shipping. REDEANT . COMMERCIA . FLANDRIS. In exergue: 1666. Plain edge. 56.3 mm. Eimer 236. MI i 517/162. van Loon II, 521. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1666-11. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine. Feine Patina / Nicely toned. Winziger Stempelriss / Tiny die crack.

From the auction Schweizerischer Bankverein 38, Basel, September 1995, lot 2547.

This medal commemorates the efforts in the prelude of the Treaty of Madrid, also known as the Earl of Sandwich's Treaty, that was signed on 23 May 1667 by England and Spain and that was one of a series of agreements made in response to French expansion under King Louis XIV.