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Ref: 4230	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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