Ref: 4230
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Charles
I, bronze memorial medal by Roettier (1695), after van Dyck
Obv:
Obv: bust of Charles I right, draped and with long hair
Rev: a hand holding a crown issues forth from a cloud, above a shepherdless
flock of sheep
Condition:
Very fine; Diameter: 51mm
References: MI i 346/200; E 162a; The Medal (Autumn 1989, pp4-5),
where Antony Griffiths has shown that these medals were advertised in the London
Gazette for 18/22 April 1695
Notes: Charles I was executed on 30th January 1649, and these medals are now
thought to date from the reign of William III. The diarist John Evelyn,
writing in Numismata, considered the portrait on these medals
“incomparably the most resembling his serene countenance when fullest of
princely vigour”. The portrait is after van Dyck.
Price
£110
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