SINCONA British Collection - Part 6
(British Gold and Silver Medals)
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Charles I. 1625-1649. Cast Silver Medal 1633, 15.08 g. Charles I, return to London from Edinburgh. Unsigned. Equestrian figure holding an upright baton. CAROLVS AVGVSTISS ' . ET INVICTISS ' . MAG ' . BRIT ' . FRAN ' . ET HIB ' . MONARCHA . In exergue: 1633. Rv. View of London seen from the south bank of the Thames, above radiate sun. SOL ORBEM REDIENS SIC REX ILLVMINAT VRBEM .: E :. Plain edge. 41.8 mm. Eimer 124b. MI i 266/62. Sehr schön-vorzüglich / Very Fine-Extremely Fine. Felder leicht geglättet / Fields lightly smoothed.
Purchased from S & B, Great Missenden, March 1996, lot M31.
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. This medal commemorates his return to London after his Scottish Coronation in 1633.
Cast impressions of this medal are common.