Charles I, Memorial, 1649, an oval cast silver medal, possibly of Dutch origin, bust right wearing armour and Garter George on ribbon, date below, signed i.p. on truncation, carolvs rex, rev. crossed sceptres crowned between C R, background lightly stippled both sides, 43 x 37mm, 22.38g (Platt I, p.258; MI –; v. Loon –). Traces of the casting sprue remain on the edge between 8 and 9 o'clock, a handsome medal, good very fine and apparently unrecorded £1,000-£1,500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Dr Jerome J. Platt Collection of 17th-Century Medals.

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C. Humphris Collection, Morton & Eden Auction, 21 May 2003, lot 1162; C. Foley Collection, Woolley & Wallis Auction (Salisbury), 16 October 2014, lot 300