Watch List notes:

STUART. Charles II. AR Medal (29mm, 8.36 g, 12h). Coronation. By T. Simon. Dated 23 April 1661. CAROLVS • II • D • G ANG • SCO • FR • ET HI • REX, crowned and mantled bust right, wearing Collar of the Order of the Garter / EVERSO • MISSVS • SVCCVRRERE • SECLO • XXIII • APR • I66I (sent to to hasten to the relief of an overthrown generation [adapting Verg. G. I.500]), Charles, wearing royal robes, enthroned left, being crowned by Victory flying to right from above. MI 472/76; Eimer 221. Superb EF, toned.


From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Superior (12 December 1987), lot 2355.