Description

Charles I. 1625-1649. Cast Silver Medal n. d. (1649), 59.25 g. Charles I. Death and memorial. Unsigned. Bust three-quarters with ermine robes. Rv. Plain glass surface. Ornamented edge. 55.9 x 61.1 mm. Eimer -. MI i -. Vorzügliche Silberschmiedearbeit / Excellent silversmith work. Mit Originalhenkel / Original loop attached.

Purchased from Spink Numismatic Circular, London, July 1997, lot 361.
Purchased from Glendining, June 1987, lot 399.

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.