X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, Johannes de Reede, 1645, a cast and chased silver medal, unsigned [by A. Simon], bust left, rev. inscription in twelve lines, 36mm, 14.16g (Platt II, p.257, type A; MI I, 320/156; v. Loon II, 274). Small attempted piercing at top of obverse, otherwise very fine and very rare £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: Sotheby Auction, 12 July 1993, lot 117; C. Humphris Collection, Sotheby Auction, 3-4 October 1996, lot 272.

Johan van Reede van Renswoude, known in Britain as John de Reede, 1st Baron Reede (1593-1682), Dutch diplomat and politician, one of two special commissioners sent from the States of Holland to negotiate between Charles I and Parliament in 1644. He visited Charles at Oxford and was created a baron at that time. The ambassadors’ interference in English affairs was much resented by the House of Commons. Derek Allen attributed this medal to Abraham Simon on grounds of date and style