X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, Albert Joachim, 1646, a cast and chased silver-gilt medal by A. and T. Simon, bust left, signed a s on truncation, no legend, rev. 1646 alb ioachimi eq fæderat belg post varias in evrop legat iam ordinar in brit an 22 æt 86 in seven lines, 36mm, 15.06g (Platt II, pp.178-9, type A; MI I, 324/162; E 151). Good very fine; with later clip and ring for suspension
£300-£400

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

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Provenance: H. Oppenheimer Collection, Christie’s Auction, 27-9 July 1936, lot 305 (part); Sotheby Auction, 12 July 1993, lot 118; C. Humphris Collection, Sotheby Auction, 3-4 October 1996, lot 273.

Albert Joachim (1560-1654), ambassador of the United Provinces. When Baron de Reede and William Boreel came from Holland to negotiate between Charles I and Parliament in 1644, the aged Joachim was especially attached to the mission as an advisor