Watch List notes:

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Medal (61mm, 49.55 g, 12h). Dominion of the Seas. By N. Briot. Cast 1630. CAROLVS I D G MAG BRITANIÆ FRAN ET HIB REX, armored and mantled bust right, wearing ornate collar (N B)RIOT to left; lozenge stops / NEC META MIHI QVI TERMINVS ORBI · (lozenge stops) (Nor is a limit to me which is a boundary to the world), ship (the Sovereign of the Seas) under sail right on sea; to left, fort on seashore. Van Loon II 227; MI 256/40; Eimer 118a and plate 12 (this piece illustrated). EF, attractively toned, attached suspension loop, lightly chased. Of exquisite workmanship. Rare.


Ex Christopher Foley Collection (Woolley & Wallis, 16 October 2014), lot 216; Baldwins 31 (14 October 2002), lot 981; Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 706 (June 1977), no. U454.