Description

Charles II. 1660-1685. Cast Silver Medal n. d. (1660), 2.95 g. Royalist Badge. Charles II. Unsigned. Bust, armoured and draped. Incuse: CAROLVS SECVNDVS. Rv. Incuse: Shield of royal arms within the Garter; above crown dividing C R. Plain edge. 21.9 x 29.3 mm. Eimer -. MI i 441/11. Fast sehr schön / About Very Fine. Zeitgenössischer Guss, Henkel, Schrötlingsloch / Contemporary cast, with loop, flan hole.

Purchased from Spink Numismatic Circular, London, April 1997, lot 2021.

Charles II (29 May 1630 - 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
He was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France. After Charles I's execution at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War, the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II king on 5 February 1649.

The Stuart Restoration was the reinstatement of the Stuart monarchy in England, Scotland, and Ireland in May 1660. It replaced the Commonwealth of England.