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

Charles I, English Coronation, 1626, an embossed uniface silver cliché by N. Briot, bust right, wearing ruff over armour with lion-headed shoulder plate, signed nbf, 26mm, 1.09g (Platt I, p.118, type C, this item; Jones 127; MI I, 243/11; cf. DNW 186/1123). Good very fine and rare £200-£300

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

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SCMB May 1980 (U184); Baldwin Auction 31, 14-15 October 2002, lot 979

The exact purpose of these medals is not known; Hawkins, followed by Platt, suggested that they were probably prepared under great time pressure for distribution at the coronation, with some worn by spectators.