SINCONA British Collection - Part 6
(British Gold and Silver Medals)
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Charles II. 1660-1685. Gold Medal 1661, 10.34 g. Coronation of Charles II. By T. Simon. Bust, crowned and draped. CAROLVS . II . D . G . ANG . SCO . FR . ET . HI . REX. Rv. The King enthroned. Left, crowned by Peace hovering above. EVERSO . MISSVS . SVCCVRRERE . SECLO . XXIII . APR 1661. Plain edge. 29.2 mm. Eimer 221. MI i 472/76. van Loon II, 470. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1661-2. Selten / Rare. Sehr schön / Very Fine. Kleine Stempelfehler im Avers / Die flaws on obverse.
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 II's coronation as King of England took place on 23 April 1661.
This medal was struck for the distribution among the spectators of that 'splendid ceremony'. The engraver Thomas Simon charged £110 for its execution. Good specimens are frequently to be met with but very rarely in a perfect state of preservation.