Charles I, Memorial, 1649, a silver medal by an uncertain medallist, probably of Dutch or German origin, armoured and draped bust three-quarters left, signed f below, carol i v g g könig von engel schott und irland, outer legend, leyden gott und obrigkeit, rev. bey das pöfels macht und streit, King’s severed head, crown and sceptre below a rampant seven-headed monster, 47mm, 33.94g (Platt I, p.257, type A [A1, this item]; MI I, 352/210; v. Loon II, 321; E 163). Nearly extremely fine, attractive old cabinet toning
£1,200-£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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DNW Auction 47, 8 September 2000, lot 669

A view from Continental Europe of the events in England in the late 1640s - ‘God and authority suffer from the might and strife of the mob’