Description

Charles II. 1660-1685. Silver Medal 1660, 60.41 g. Landing at Dover. By J. Roettier. Bust draped within branches of laurel. Upper legend: DEUM . PROVIDENTIA . ATQ . MISERICORDIA . VIVO: Lower legend: ANNO . RESERATÆ . SALUTIS . 1660. DIE 29. MAII . Outer legend: CAROLUS . II . D . G MAGN : BRITANN : FRANC : ET . HIBERN : REX : Rv. Standing figures of England, Ireland, and Scotland await the arrival of the approaching ship, its flag bearing the inscription: IPSO FAVENTE COELO. Left a castle with flag bearing the inscription: PRÆDESTINATO. Above in centre, Eye of Providence within radiate sun. SI DEUS EST CUSTOS QUIS MEUS HOSTIS ERIT. Plain edge. 57.4 mm. Eimer 211. MI i 457/48. van Loon II, 464,3. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1660-38. Gutes vorzüglich / About Uncirculated. Herrliche Patina / Most attractively toned.

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.

This is probably the first medal crafted by Roettier in England. The star is the usual indication of a royal personage and may perhaps mean here nothing more but it may also allude to the star which was visible at noon on the day he was born.