The Dr Jerome J. Platt Collection of 17th-Century Medals

Charles I, Memorial, 1649, a silver medal by N. Roettiers [struck c. 1690], bust right in plain armour, signed nr f below, carol i d g m b f et h rex & glor mem, rev. rex pacificvs victvs vincebat hostes victor trivmphat in coelis in 6 lines across field, 59mm, 90.17g (Platt I, p.260, type A [A1, this item]; MI I, 346/199; E 160) Struck from a breaking die, on an uneven flan, nearly extremely fine, very rare and with a flawless provenance £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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Archbishop Sharp Collection, Glendining Auction, 5 October 1977, lot 292; Baldwin Auction 31, 14-15 October 2002, lot 994

Dr John Sharp (1645-1714), Archbishop of York from 1691 until his death. Research by Antony Griffiths, "Advertisements for Medals in the London Gazette", The Medal, No. 15, Autumn 1989, pp.4-6, shows that the more familiar medal signed J.R., with the landscape reverse, was made and advertised for sale in 1695. It seems more than likely that this medal was made at the same time, when it would have been acquired by Sharp as new. The Sharp Collection remained intact and with the family until dispersed at Glendining & Co, 5 October 1977.