Catalog - SINCONA Auction 96

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Charles I. 1625-1649. Cast Silver Medal 1645, 5.53 g. Sir Thomas Fairfax, Military Award. By T. Simon. Bust, armoured and draped. THO : FAIRFAX . MILES . MILIT : PARL : DVX . GEN. Rv. Inscription in three lines: MERVISTI . Surrounded by legend: POST . HAC . MELIORA. Plain edge. 28.4 x 34.2 mm. Eimer 146a. MI i 317/150. Sehr schön / Very Fine. Zeitgenössischer Guss, Originalhenkel entfernt / Contemporary cast, original loop removed.

Purchased from S & B, Amersham, November 1992, lot M172.

Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (17 January 1612 - 12 November 1671) was an English politician, military officer and peer who fought in the English Civil War. An adept and talented commander, Fairfax led the Parliamentarians to several victories, including at the crucial Battle of Naseby, effectively becoming military ruler of England, though he was eventually eclipsed by his subordinate Oliver Cromwell, who was more politically adept and radical in his actions against Charles I of England.

This medal is always cast and chased, and in general with ring for suspension. It is a military reward bestowed by order of the Parliament and the City of London.

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Charles I. 1625-1649. Silver Medal n. d. (1648), 7.83 g. Release of Charles I. / Call to Unanimity. By N. Briot. Bust, laureate and draped. CAROLVS . I . D : G . ANGL . SCOT . FR . ET . HIB REX . Rv. Three crowns united by a cord. VNITÆ . INVICTÆ. Plain edge. 28.5 mm. Eimer 154. MI i 336/180. Sehr schön / Very Fine. Kratzer / Scratches.

Following his defeat in the First English Civil War, in May 1646 Charles I surrendered to the Scots Covenanters, rather than Parliament. By doing so, he hoped to exploit divisions between English and Scottish Presbyterians, and English Independents. This medal was designed and struck at a time when there were efforts to free him and unite the realm once again under his rule.

The obverse of this piece was engraved as early as the year 1643, as it occurs upon pieces bearing that date and preserved at least until the Restoration, when it was used again, having escaped the seizure of the Mint property by the Parliamentarians. The object of these pieces was probably to exhort those who demanded the release of the King and had taken up arms for that purpose to be united if they wished to obtain success for their cause.

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Charles I. 1625-1649. Cast Silver Medal 1648, 13.81 g. Death of Charles I. By T. Rawlins. Bust in collar and decorated armour. In the field, divided by bust: C R. DIVVS CAROLVS BRT : PIVS. Rv. A hammer striking a diamond upon an anvil. INEXPVGNABILIS . 1648. Plain edge. 41.2 mm. Eimer -. MI i 340/187. Sehr schön / Very Fine. Zeitgenössischer überarbeiteter Guss, leichte Henkelspur / Contemporary tooled cast, small mount mark.

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.

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Charles I. 1625-1649. Cast Silver Medal 1648, 10.61 g. Oxford Memorial Medal. Unsigned. An altar inscribed P.M. ACAD. OXON., dividing the date 1648. Rv. Inscription in four lines: DEO, Ecclefiæ, Principi Victima. Plain edge. 29.6 mm. Eimer 165. MI i 348/205. Sehr schön / Very Fine. Zeitgenössischer, etwas überarbeiteter Guss, mit Originalhenkel / Contemporary slightly tooled cast, with original loop attached.

Purchased from Spink Numismatic Circular, London, May 1997, lot 3339.

This medal was presented to members of the academic community of Oxford who suffered at the hands of the Parliamentarians. Oxford was the principal city of Charles I and his army for four years of the Civil War, despite the city falling to the parliamentarians the city’s occupants remained supporters of the royalist cause which led to the dismissal of many academics who refused to denounce the King.

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Charles I. 1625-1649. Cast Silver Medal 1648, 9.06 g. Oxford Memorial Medal. Unsigned. Inscription on alter: P.M. ACAD. OXON., dividing the date 1648. Rv. Inscription in four lines: DEO, Ecclefiæ, Principi Victima. Plain edge. 25.8 x 39.3 mm. Eimer -. MI i 348/207. Sehr selten / Very rare. Fast vorzüglich / About Extremely Fine. Zeitgenössischer, etwas überarbeiteter Guss, mit Originalhenkel / Contemporary slightly tooled cast, with original loop attached.

Purchased from Spink Numismatic Circular, London, August 1996, lot 4459.

This medal was presented to members of the academic community of Oxford who suffered at the hands of the parliamentarians. Oxford was the principal city of Charles I and his army for four years of the Civil War, despite the city falling to the parliamentarians the city’s occupants remained supporters of the royalist cause which led to the dismissal of many academics who refused to denounce the King.

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Charles I. 1625-1649. Gold Medal n. d. (1649), 96.73 g. Charles I. Death and Memorial. By J. and N. Roettier. Bust, armoured and draped. CAROL . D. G.M.B.F. ET . H. REX . & . GLOR . MEM . Below monogram R. Rv. Hand issuing from Heaven holds a celestial crown, below sheep in a landscape. VIRTVT . EX . ME . FORTVNAM EX . ALIJS. Plain edge. 50.2 mm. Eimer 162a. MI i 346/200. van Loon II, 320,2. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1649-2. Äusserst selten / Extremely rare. Fast vorzüglich / About Extremely Fine. Leicht berieben / Lightly polished.

From the auction Spink 166, London, lot 18.

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.

This medal is rarely offered in silver and is extremely rare in gold.

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Charles I. 1625-1649. Silver Medal n. d. (1649), 15.04 g. Charles I. Death and Memorial. By J. and N. Roettier. Bust, armoured and draped. CAROL . D. G.M.B.F. ET . H. REX . & . GLOR . MEM . Rv. Hand issuing from Heaven holds a celestial crown, sheep in a landscape below. VIRTVT . EX . ME . FORTVNAM EX . ALIJS. Plain edge. 34.8 mm. Eimer 162b. MI i 346/201. van Loon II, 320,3. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1649-3. Sehr selten / Very rare. Sehr schön / Very Fine. Leicht gereinigt / Lightly cleaned.

Purchased from S & B, Amersham, May 1992, lot M94.

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.

This medal is rarely offered in silver.

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Charles I. 1625-1649. Silver Medal n. d. (1649), 31.78 g. Charles I. Death and Memorial. Signed F. Bust three-quarters, armoured and draped. CARL . I . V . G . G . KÖNIG VON ENGEL : SCHOTT : UND IRRLAND . LEYDEN GOTT UND OBRIGKEIT. Rv. A rampant seven-headed monster; below the King's head lying on the ground beside his crown and sceptre. BEY DES POFELS MACHT UND STREIT. Plain edge. 46.7 mm. Eimer 163. MI i 352/210. van Loon II, 321,1. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1649-4. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine.

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.

This medal is skilfully but not gracefully executed, apparently in Holland or in Germany. The device of the reverse appears to have been copied from MI i 351/209.

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Charles I. 1625-1649. Cast Silver Medal n. d. (1649), 21.31 g. Royalist Badge. Charles I and Henrietta Maria. By T. Rawlins. Bust, crowned and draped. CAROLVS . D . G MAG . BRITAN FRAN ET . HIB . REX . FI . D. Rv. Henrietta Maria draped. HENRETTA . MARIA . D . G MAG . BRITAN FRAN ET . HIB . REX. Wreath borders on edge. 39.9 x 55.5 mm. Eimer 166a. MI i 355/216. Gutes sehr schön / Good Very Fine. Späterer überarbeiteter Guss mit verziertem Laubrand und Henkel / Later tooled cast, with wreath border, loop attached.

The couple first met in 1623 at a court entertainment in Paris, when he was on his way to Spain with the Duke of Buckingham to discuss a possible marriage with Maria Anna of Spain, which failed for a variety of reasons.

Searching elsewhere for a bride, Charles sent a close friend to Paris in 1624 who, a Francophile and a godson of Henry IV of France, strongly favoured a marriage with Henrietta Maria, the terms of which were negotiated by James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle.
Henrietta Maria was aged fifteen at the time of her marriage, which was not unusual for royal princesses of the period.

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Charles I. 1625-1649. Cast Silver Medal n. d. (1649), 13.03 g. Royalist Badge. Charles I and Henrietta Maria. By T. Rawlins. Bust, crowned and draped. CAROLVS . D . G MAG . BRITAN FRAN ET . HIB . REX . FI . D. Rv. Henrietta Maria draped. HENRETTA . MARIA . D . G MAG . BRITAN FRAN ET . HIB . REX. Plain edge. 30.4 x 42.2 mm. Eimer 166b. MI i 355/216 var. Fast sehr schön / About Very Fine. Späterer bearbeiteter Guss mit Henkel und Reste einer Randfassung / Later tooled cast with loop and traces of mounting.

Purchased from Spink Numismatic Circular, London, August 1996, lot 4458.

The couple first met in 1623 at a court entertainment in Paris, when he was on his way to Spain with the Duke of Buckingham to discuss a possible marriage with Maria Anna of Spain, which failed for a variety of reasons.

Searching elsewhere for a bride, Charles sent a close friend to Paris in 1624, who, a Francophile and a godson of Henry IV of France, strongly favoured a marriage with Henrietta Maria, the terms of which were negotiated by James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle.
Henrietta Maria was aged fifteen at the time of her marriage, which was not unusual for royal princesses of the period.

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Charles I. 1625-1649. Cast Silver Medal n. d. (1649), Royalist Badge. Two uniface medals of Charles I and Henrietta Marie. Unsigned. Bust of Charles I facing right, armoured with crowned C. The second medal with the bust of Henrietta facing left, dressed richly. Plain edges. 38.5 mm and 37.7 mm. Eimer -. MI i -. Sehr selten / Very rare. Sehr schön / Very Fine. Hohes Relief, teilvergoldete Güsse / High relief and partly gilded casts. (2)

The couple first met in 1623 at a court entertainment in Paris, when he was on his way to Spain with the Duke of Buckingham to discuss a possible marriage with Maria Anna of Spain, which failed for a variety of reasons.

Searching elsewhere for a bride, Charles sent a close friend to Paris in 1624, who, a Francophile and a godson of Henry IV of France, strongly favoured a marriage with Henrietta Maria, the terms of which were negotiated by James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle.
Henrietta Maria was aged fifteen at the time of her marriage, which was not unusual for royal princesses of the period.

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Charles I. 1625-1649. Gilded Cast Silver Medal n. d. (1649), 7.56 g. Royalist Badge. Charles I and Henrietta Maria. Unsigned, by T. Rawlins. Bust laureate, armoured and draped. Rv. Bust of the Queen draped. Floral borders on edge. 28.3 x 32 mm. Eimer 170a. MI i 355/218. Sehr schön / Very Fine. Zeitgenössischer überarbeiteter Guss mit Henkelspuren / Contemporary tooled cast with traces of mounting.

The couple first met in 1623 at a court entertainment in Paris, when he was on his way to Spain with the Duke of Buckingham to discuss a possible marriage with Maria Anna of Spain, which failed for a variety of reasons.

Searching elsewhere for a bride, Charles sent a close friend to Paris in 1624 who, a Francophile and a godson of Henry IV of France, strongly favoured a marriage with Henrietta Maria, the terms of which were negotiated by James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle.
Henrietta Maria was aged fifteen at the time of her marriage, which was not unusual for royal princesses of the period.

This type of medals are all cast and chased and were executed by Thomas Rawlins.

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Charles I. 1625-1649. Cast Silver Medal n. d. (1649), 13.77 g. Royalist Badge. Charles I. Unsigned. Bust draped and wearing a lace collar. CAROLVS . D. G. MAG BRI . FR . ET . HIB. (incuse). Rv. Royal arms, crowned within the Garter (incuse). Plain edge. 29.3 x 44.5 mm. Eimer 167b. MI i 360/231. Fast sehr schön / About Very Fine. Zeitgenössischer Guss mit Henkel / Contemporary cast with loop.

Purchased from S & B, Great Missenden, May 1997, lot M60.

The supporters of Charles I, called the Royalists or Cavaliers, fought for the king and against the Parlamentarians in the English Civil Wars. Having lost the conflict with the execution of their king, this medal serves as a reminder for their efforts.

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Charles I. 1625-1649. Gilded Cast Silver Medal n. d. (1649), 1.75 g. Royalist Badge. Charles I. Unsigned. Bust, armoured. Rv. Engraved cypher of C R, crowned, between two ornaments (incuse). Plain edge. 12 x 16.8 mm. Eimer -. MI i 366/248. Sehr schön / Very Fine. Zeitgenössischer Guss mit Henkel / Contemporary cast with loop.

The supporters of Charles I, called the Royalists or Cavaliers, fought for the king and against the Parlamentarians in the English Civil Wars. Having lost the conflict with the execution of their king, this medal serves as a reminder for their efforts.

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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.

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Charles I. 1625-1649. Engraved Silver Medal n. d. (1649), 6.53 g. "Pattern Halfcrown" Charles I. Unsigned. Bust, draped. CAROLVS . D G MAG BR FR ET HI REX . (incuse). Rv. Royal arms in the Garter, within laurel border (incuse). Plain edge. 34.7 mm. Eimer -. MI i 373/266. Med. Hist. pl. XXXIII, 7. Selten / Rare. Sehr schön / Very Fine. Originalguss mit Gravur / Engraved original cast.

Purchased from S & B, Great Missenden, November 1996, lot M211.

This and similar pieces are supposed to be patterns for coins, shilling and halfcrowns. The reverse types are engraved, or are an imitation of engraving. They could scarcely have been intended for such a purpose. They must be considered rather to be Memorials; but none are known with rings for suspension.

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Charles I. 1625-1649. Engraved Silver Medal n. d. (1649), 8.22 g. "Pattern Halfcrown" Charles I. Unsigned. Bust, draped. CAROLVS . D . G . MAG . BRI : FR . ET . HIB . RX. Rv. Royal arms in the Garter, held by lion and unicorn. DIEV . ET . MON . DROIT (incuse). Plain edge. 35.2 mm. Eimer -. MI i 373/267. Med. Hist. pl. XXXIII, 18. Selten / Rare. Sehr schön / Very Fine. Originalguss mit Gravur / Engraved original cast.

Purchased from S & B, Great Missenden, November 1996, lot M212.

This and similar pieces are supposed to be patterns for coins, shilling and halfcrowns. The reverse types are engraved, or are an imitation of engraving. They could scarcely have been intended for such a purpose. They must be considered rather to be Memorials; but none are known with rings for suspension.

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Commonwealth, 1649-1660. Gilded Silver Medal 1649, 12.48 g. Trial and Acquittal of John Lilburne. Unsigned, attributed to T. Simon. Bust draped. Legend in three concentric lines: IOHN . LILBORNE . SAVED . BY . THE . POWER . OF . THE . LORD . AND . THE . INTEGRITY . OF . HIS . IVRY . WHO . ARE . IVGES . OF . LAW . AS . WEL . AS . FACT . OCT 26 . 1649. Rv. A rose in the centre. Legend in four concentric lines: MYLES . PETTY . STE . ILES . ABR . SMITH . ION . KING . NIC . MVRIN . THO . DAINTY . EDM . KEYSAR . EDW . PARKINS . RAL . PACKMAN . WIL . COMINS . SY . WEEDON . HEN . TOWLEY . OCTOBER . 26. 1649. Plain edge. 33.8 mm. Eimer 177. MI i 385/3. Gutes sehr schön / Good Very Fine. Randfehler / Edge flaw.

Purchased from S & B, Amersham, November 1992, lot M176.

John Lilburne (c. 1614 - 29 August 1657), also known as Freeborn John, was an English political Leveller before, during and after the English Civil Wars 1642 - 1650. He coined the term "freeborn rights", defining them as rights with which every human being is born, as opposed to rights bestowed by government or human law. In his early life he was a Puritan, though towards the end of his life he became a Quaker. His works have been cited in opinions by the United States Supreme Court.

He was tried for high treason against the Cromwell administration in 1649 and was aquitted the same year.

This medal is in very low relief and of tolerable workmanship, but not equal to the generality of the medals by Thomas Simon, to whom it has been attributed.

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Commonwealth, 1649-1660. Gold Medal 1650, 26.56 g. Battle of Dunbar, Military Award Medal. By T. Simon. Restrike of the 19th century. Bust of Cromwell armoured and draped. A battle scene in the distance. THE LORD OF HOSTS . WORD . AT DVNBAR . SEPTEM : Y. 3. 1650. Rv. Speaker seated facing, in an assembled parliament. Plain edge. 29.2 x 34.9 mm. Eimer 181a3. MI i 391/13 note. Selten / Rare. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine. Geprägt mit leicht rostigen Stempeln, Henkelspur / Struck with lightly rusty dies, mount mark.

The Battle of Dunbar, fought on 3 September 1650, was a decisive engagement during the Third English Civil War (1649 - 1651). It pitted the forces of the English Commonwealth, led by Oliver Cromwell, against the Scottish Covenanters, who had allied with Charles II in an attempt to restore the Stuart monarchy. The battle is remembered for Cromwell's brilliant tactics, the overwhelming victory of the New Model Army, and its significant impact on the course of British history.

The defeat of the Scottish Covenanters undermined their alliance with Charles II, though the conflict continued until the Battle of Worcester in 1651, where Cromwell decisively defeated Charles II's forces.

This piece was beautifully executed and was issued as a military reward for those present at the battle of Dunbar, 3 September 1650. The design of the medal was suggested by Cromwell himself in a letter dated "Edinburgh, 4 Feb. 1650", and addressed to the Hon. Committee for the Army. Thomas Simon was specially ordered by the Parliament to proceed to Scotland to take the effigies, portrait or statue of the Lord General to be placed on the medal.