Description

Charles I. 1625-1649. Cast Silver Medal 1648, 13.81 g. Death of Charles I. By T. Rawlins. Bust in collar and decorated armour. In the field, divided by bust: C R. DIVVS CAROLVS BRT : PIVS. Rv. A hammer striking a diamond upon an anvil. INEXPVGNABILIS . 1648. Plain edge. 41.2 mm. Eimer -. MI i 340/187. Sehr schön / Very Fine. Zeitgenössischer überarbeiteter Guss, leichte Henkelspur / Contemporary tooled cast, small mount mark.

Charles I, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, was executed on Tuesday, 30 January 1649 outside the Banqueting House on Whitehall, London. The execution was the culmination of political and military conflicts between the royalists and the parliamentarians in England during the English Civil War, leading to the capture and trial of Charles. On Saturday 27 January 1649, the parliamentarian High Court of Justice had declared Charles guilty of attempting to "uphold in himself an unlimited and tyrannical power to rule according to his will, and to overthrow the rights and liberties of the people" and sentenced him to death by beheading.