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23 November 2022
Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1589, a silver jeton, unsigned, Elizabeth I seated left in car, holding palm branch and open prayer book, tandem bona cavsa triumphat, rev. si non viribus at cavsa potiores, tree with fledglings in nest fighting off bird of prey, 29mm, 5.79g (MI I, 153/128; v. Loon I, 388; E 63). Good very fine, cleaned, very rare in silver £300-£400
Hammer Price: £850
Battle of Turnhout, 1597, a copper jeton, unsigned, battle scene, view of Turnhout in distance, rev. shields of France, England and the United Provinces linked by a cord; Spanish Defeats, 1597, a copper jeton, unsigned, Belgic lion rampant left holding sword and bundle of arrows, rev. inscription and date in eleven lines, both 29mm (MI I, 165/151, 167/154; v. Loon I, 484) [2]. Good very fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £280
Peace Treaty with Spain, 1604, a cast silver medal by N. Hilliard, bust of James I three-quarters right wearing flamboyant plumed hat, iacobvs d g ang sco fr et hib re[x], rev. hinc pax copia claraq religio, Religion, holding cross and beacon, facing Peace supporting a cornucopiæ, date below, 41mm, 12.20g (MI I, 193/15 var.; E 84). Set in a contemporary (?) openwork frame, some tooling marks in obverse field, very fine and very rare £400-£600
Hammer Price: £900
Gunpowder Plot, 1605, a copper jeton, unsigned, snake gliding amongst lilies and roses, detectvs qvi latvit s c, rev. non DorMItastI antIstes IaCobI (containing chronogrammatic date), name of Jehovah in Hebrew, radiate, within a border of thorns, 30mm (MI I, 196/19; E 86). Good very fine £120-£150
Hammer Price: £550
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
Hammer Price: £650
Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, 1625, a silver medal, unsigned [by P. Regnier], as last, 23mm, 2.10g (Platt I, p.115, type A; MI I, 238/1; E 105). Nearly extremely fine, toned £120-£150
Hammer Price: £320
Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, 1625, silver medals (3), all unsigned [by P. Regnier], similar to last, all 23mm, 2.06g, 1.85g, 2.24g (Platt I, p.115, type A, type B [B3, this item]; MI I, 238/1; E 105) [3]. Good fine or better, last pierced £120-£150
Hammer Price: £200
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
Hammer Price: £460
Tribute to Henrietta Maria of Bourbon, 1628, a silver medal by N. Briot, conjoined shields of England and France crowned, hm monogram below, henr mar borbon d g mag brit fran et hib reg, rev. svpereminet omnes, tree in grove, ships in distance behind, date below, 29mm, 5.48g (Platt I, p.119, type A [A1, this item]; MI I, 249/23; E 110). Very fine or better, with light olive-grey tone £300-£400
Hammer Price: £360
Tribute to Henrietta Maria of Bourbon, 1628, a silver medal by N. Briot, as last, 29mm, 5.07g (Platt I, p.119, type A; MI I, 249/23; E 110). Nearly extremely fine and attractively toned £400-£500
Hammer Price: £600
Tribute to Henrietta Maria of Bourbon, 1628, a silver medal by N. Briot, similar to last, 29mm, 5.90g (Platt I, p.119, type A; MI I, 249/23; E 110); Birth of Prince Charles, 1630, a silver medal, unsigned (attributed to N. Briot), similar to lot 15, 30mm, 3.88g (Platt I, p.127, type A; MI I, 253/34; E 115) [2]. Fine or better, second creased £100-£150
Hammer Price: £120
Demands of Charles I for an Increase in Naval and Military Forces, a copper medal by N. Briot, draped bust right wearing radiate coronet, signed b below, carolvs d g mag brit fr et hib rex. rev. regit vnvs viroque, crossed sceptre and trident united by a cord, rose below, undated, 28mm (Platt I, p.120, type A; MI I, 250/26). About very fine £150-£200 ...
Hammer Price: £180
Demands of Charles I for an Increase in Naval and Military Forces, 1628, a silver medal by N. Briot, crowned small square-topped shield within collar of the Thistle, all surrounded by the Garter, carolvs d g ang sco fran et hib rex fidei def, rev. regit vnvs viroque, crossed sceptre and trident united by a cord, date in exergue, 28mm, 5.29g (Platt I, p.120, type B [B1, this item]; MI I, 250/27; SCBI Brooker 1260; N 2676). Nearly extremely fine and attractively toned £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,400
Order of the Garter Augmented by the Star, 1629, a silver medal, unsigned [by N. Briot], crowned bust of Charles I right, wearing ruff, ornate ermine cloak and Order of the Garter, carolvs i d g ang scot fran et hib rex fidei def, rev. prisci decvs ordinis avctvm, Garter Star, date in exergue, 29mm, 6.86g (Platt I, p.122, type A [A2, this item]; MI I, 253/33; E 113). Very fine, toned £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,600
Birth of Prince Charles, 1630, a silver medal, unsigned (attributed to N. Briot), cruciform shields, hactenvs anglorvm nvlli, rev. honor prin mag brit fra et hib nat 29 mai ann 1630, legend in tablet with decorative scroll surround, 30mm, 4.78g (Platt I, p.127, type A [A5, this item]; MI I, 253/34; E 115). Long ago cleaned and now retoned, good very fine £120-£150
Hammer Price: £220
Birth of Prince Charles, 1630, a silver medal, unsigned (attributed to N. Briot), cruciform shields, rays in angles, hactenvs anglorvm nvlli, rev. in honor caro princ mag bri fr et hi nat 29 maii 1630, legend within decorative scroll surround, 30mm, 4.21g (Platt I, p.128, type B [B5, this item]; MI I, 254/35; E 116). Very fine, toned £100-£120
Hammer Price: £160
Birth of Prince Charles, 1630, a silver medal, unsigned (attributed to N. Briot), cruciform shields, rays in angles, hactenvs anglorvm nvlli, rev. in honor caro princ mag br fra et hi nat 29 maii 1630, legend within decorative scroll surround, 24mm, 1.94g (Platt I, p.129, type C [C4, this item]; MI I, 254/36; E 116). Good very fine, scarce £150-£200
Hammer Price: £340
Baptism of Prince Charles, 1630, a silver medal by N. Briot, crowned cruciform shields, rays in angles, hactenvs anglorvm nvlli, signed b, rev. mem caroli prin magn britann franc hibern nati xxix maii baptiz xxvii ivn mdcxxx s in eight lines across field, 29mm, 7.19g (Platt I, p.131, type A [A2, this item]; MI I, 255/38; E 117). Good very fine and attractively toned £150-£180
Baptism of Prince Charles, 1630, a silver medal by N. Briot, similar to last, 29mm, 6.79g (Platt I, p.131, type A [A3, this item]; MI I, 255/38; E 117), Nearly very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £75
Charles I and Prince Charles, early 1630s (?), a lead medallion, unsigned, infant standing by wheatsheaf within wreath, crown between C R above, rev. plough (?) and sunburst, C P above, 58mm (Platt I, p.302, this item). Fine, two small piercings, rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £70
Dominion of the Sea, 1630, a cast and chased silver medal by N. Briot, bareheaded bust of Charles I right with long hair, draped and wearing intricate lace collar, nb on shoulder, carolvs d g ang sco fran et hib rex fidei defensor, rev. nec meta mihi qvæ terminvs orbi, ship at sea under full sail, date in exergue, 27mm, 3.76g (Platt I, p.125, type E; MI I, 257/43; E 119). Nearly very fine, rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £400
Dominion of the Sea, 1630, a cast and chased silver medal by N. Briot, similar to last, 27mm, 2.84g (Platt I, p.125, type E [E2, this item]; MI I, 257/43; E 119). Nearly very fine but pierced £100-£150
Charles I, Scottish Coronation, 1633, a struck silver medal by N. Briot, crowned bust left, wearing intricate lace collar and Order of the Thistle, carolvs d g scotiæ angliæ fr et hib rex, rev. hinc nostræ crevere rosæ, thistle plant, date below, signed b, 29mm, 9.31g (Platt I, p.133, type B [B4, this item]; Jones 156; MI I, 266/60; E 123). Very fine with light peripheral toning £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,500
Charles I, Return to London, 1633, a cast silver medal by N. Briot, king on horseback left, holding sceptre in right hand, Eye of Providence above, plumed helm on flowery ground below, carolvs avgvstiss invictiss mag brit fran et hib monarcha, rev. sol orbem rediens sic rex illvminat vrbem, sun shines on a panoramic view of the city of London seen from Southwark, with old St Paul’s and, to the right, London Bridge, 42mm, 22.89g (Platt I, p.136, type B; MI I, 266/62; E 124). Very fine with...
Hammer Price: £1,100
Baptism of Prince James, 1633, a silver medal by N. Briot, Princes’s arms in ornately garnished shield, coronet above, non sic mille cohortes, rev. iacobvs dvx ebor nat 15 oct baptiz 24 nov 1633 within wreath of lilies and roses, 30mm, 2.76g (Platt I, p.140, type A; MI I, 268/65; Jones 163; E 126b). Good very fine and toned £200-£300
Baptism of Prince James, 1633, a silver medal by N. Briot, from the same dies as last, 30mm, 3.28g (Platt I, p.140, type A; MI I, 268/65; Jones 163; E 126b). Good very fine and toned £200-£300
William Juxon, Bishop of London, 1637, a silver medal by N. Briot, conjoined arms of the See of London and those of Juxon, mitre above, gvil lond epvs et angliæ thesavr, rev. non dormit qvi cvstodit, hand issuing from cloud holding a crozier on which stands a stork with a pebble in one claw, view of London beyond, with old St Paul’s to left, 28mm, 6.06g (MI I, 279/85; Jones 169). Very fine, toned, rare £400-£600
Scottish Rebellion Extinguished, [1639], a cast silver medal by T. Simon, undated, King on horseback left, trampling arms, signed s on cuirass on ground, carolvs d g mag brit fran et hib rex, rev. qvos devs, hand issuing from clouds holding cord linking a rose and a thistle, 30mm, 7.45g (Platt I, p.150, type B; MI I, 282/91; E 134a). Surfaces rough, good fine or better £300-£400
Dominion of the Sea, 1639, a cast and chased silver-gilt medal by N. Briot, armoured bust of Charles I right, wearing large plain collar, carolvs i d g mag britann fran et hib rex, rev. nec meta mihi qvæ terminvs orbi, ship in full sail right, 60mm, 40.82g (Platt I, pp.147-8, type A [A5, this item]; MI I, 285/97; MH 29; E 136). Possibly plugged above head, otherwise about very fine with dark (artificial?) toning £600-£800
Hammer Price: £2,400
Marriage of William of Orange and Princess Mary, 1641, a silver medal by J. Blum, standing figures face each other, hands clasped, dove and rays above, view of Palace of Whitehall in background, albionum genuit rex me summusque monarcha carolus et sponsam me iubet esse tuam : princeps me henricus genuit fortissimus heros nassoviæ et sponsum me iubet esse tuum, in exergue, londini desponsati wilhelm’ et maria, anno 1641 12 mai, rev. bellonam princeps pallas pedibus ierit et pax iloret et...
Hammer Price: £800
Battle of Edgehill, 1642, a solid lead cast, half-length bust of Charles I three-quarters left wearing the Garter robes, one hand on hat which lies on a table, car d g mag fra et hib rex, rev. honni soit qvi mal le pans, king right on horseback, 41 x 31mm (Platt I, p.201, type A [A4, this item]; MI I, 298/118). Of some considerable age, fair to fine, very rare £100-£150
Peace or War, 1643, a struck silver medal by T. Rawlins, laureate draped bust of Charles I right, signed r below, carolvs d g ang sco fr et hib rex, rev. in vtrvmqve paratvs, crossed sword and olive-branch between c r crowned, date in exergue, 29mm, 9.03g (Platt I, pp.205-6, type A [A5, this item]; MI I, 308/134; E 142). A few minor surface marks, good very fine and toned £400-£600
Peace or War, 1643, a struck gold medal by N. Briot, laureate draped bust of Charles I right, signed b below, carolvs i d g angl scot fr et hib rex, rev. in vtrvmqve paratvs, crossed sword and olive-branch between c r crowned, date in exergue, 29mm, 10.24g (Platt I, pp.206-7, type C [C1, this item]; MI –; E – [see note to no.142]). Plugged above king’s head, tooled in fields, particularly on the reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine and very rare in gold £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £10,000
Peace or War, 1660, a struck copper medal, unsigned [probably by N. Briot], laureate draped bust of Charles I right, carolvs d g ang sco fr et hib rex, rev. in vtrvmqve paratvs, crossed sword and olive-branch between c r crowned, date in exergue, 29mm (Platt I, pp.207-8, type D [D2, this item]; MI I, 309/136; E –). Good fine, extremely rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £420
Archbishop Laud Executed, 1644/5, a silver medal by J. Roettiers [struck c. 1680], bust right in cap and robes, gvill lavd archiepisc cantvar x ian 1644, rev. sancti caroli præcvrsor, infant genii carrying mitre and crozier to Heaven, below, a distant view of London, 58mm, 83.07g (Platt II, p.190, type B [B8, this item]; MI I, 315/147; E 145). A few minor surface marks, otherwise about extremely fine £400-£600
Hammer Price: £2,600
Chief Justice Sir Robert Heath, 1645, a contemporary oval cast and chased silver medal by T. Rawlins, bust left, wearing cap and official robes, effig r heath mil cap ivs d banc reg, beneath ætat svæ 71, 1645, signed r, rev. [in imitation of engraving] armorial shield of Heath within laurel branches, 32 x 25mm, 6.52g (Platt II, p.150, type A [A1, this item]; MI I, 319/154). No suspension loop, good very fine and extremely rare £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £3,400
Albert Joachim, 1646, a cast silver medal, 18th century (perhaps by J. Stuart) after A. and T. Simon, armoured bust left, plain collar, signed a s on truncation, no legend, rev. 1646 alb ioachimi eq fæderat belg post varias in evrop legat iam ordinar in brit an 22 æt 86 in seven lines, 38mm, 24.53g (Platt II, pp.178-9, type A; MI I, 324/162; E 151). Very fine £200-£300
Sir Charles Erskine of Alva, 1647, a pewter medal by A. Simon, bust left, wearing buttoned doublet with plain collar, signed as on truncation, rev. 1647, car æreskinvs eqv æt 30 in five lines across field, 36mm (Platt II, p.94, type A [A1, this item]; MI I, 330/173). Very fine and very rare £1,000-£1,200
Release of Giles Strangways, 1648, a silver medal by J. Roettiers [struck c. 1670], cuirassed and draped bust right, ægidivs strangways de melbvry in com dorcestr armiger, signed ian r f, rev. decvsqve adversa dedervnt, in exergue, incarceratvs sept 1645 liberatvs apr 1648, view of the White Tower, the Royal Standard flying, sun piercing clouds above, 60mm, 77.35g (Platt pp.291-2, type B [B1, this item]; MI I, 333/177; E 153). Extremely fine, rare £1,000-£1,200
Call to Unanimity, 1648, a small brass medal by N. Briot, bust of Charles I right in armour and mantle, signed b below, carolvs i d g ang scot fr et hib rex, rev. vnitæ invictæ 1648, three crowns united by a cord, 27mm (Platt I, p.213, type A [A1, this item]; MI I, 336/179; E 154). Good fine, surfaces marked and stained £60-£80
Hammer Price: £45
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