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

Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, 1625, a silver medal, unsigned [by P. Regnier], busts vis-a-vis, he in ruff with George of the Garter suspended from a ribbon, she wearing ruff and necklace, ch mag et hen ma brit rex et reg, rev. fvndit amor lilia mixta rosis, Cupid walking right, scattering roses and lilies, date below, 23mm, 3.82g (Platt I, p.115, type A [A3, this item]; MI I, 238/1; E 105). Nearly extremely fine £120-£150

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

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D. Fearon Collection, Spink Auction 8, 27 February 1980, lot 359 (part); Baldwin Auction 31, 14-15 October 2002, lot 974

MI comments ‘The device of the reverse is an elegant allusion to the union of the lilies of France with the roses of England’