Description

Charles II. 1660-1685. Hollow Cast Silver Medal 1660, 81.88 g. Embarkation at Scheveningen. By P. v. Abeele. Bust of Charles II armoured and draped. CAROLUS . II . D : G. MAGNÆ . BRIT . FRA . ET . HIB . REX. Rv. Fame with ribbon bearing inscription: SOLI DEI GLORIA (incuse), flying over a fleet under sail. IN NOMINE MEO EXALTABITUR CORNU EIUS . PSAL . 89. Below, a shell with engraving: S. M. is uit Hollant van Scheveling afgevaren naer fin Conincrÿken A ° . 1660 Júni 2. Plain edge. 70.5 mm. Eimer 210. MI i 455/44. van Loon II, 462,2. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1660-35. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine. Zusammengesetzte Hohlgussmedaille, fein ziseliert / Two plates soldered together, embossed and chased.

From the auction Künker 2, Osnabrück, September 1985, lot 2778.

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.

Charles set out for England from Scheveningen, arrived in Dover on 25 May and reached London on 29 May 1660, his 30th birthday.