Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 8 20 Sep 2017
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Commemorative Medals, Charles II, Christ's Hospital, foundation of the Mathematical and Nautical School, large silver medal, 1673, by John Roettiers, bust of the King to r., hair short, wearing a mantle over ornate armour, CAROLVS. SECVNDVS. D.G. MAG. BRI. FRAN. ET. HIB. REX, rev. a Bluecoat boy encouraged by the allegorical figure of Arithmetic, stands with Astronomy and Mathematics and Mercury, a ship sails to left, INSTITVTOR. AVGVSTVS. 1673, 72.5mm (MI 556/217; Eimer 251; Farquhar 257), extremely fine and very rare
*Believed ex Spink Auction 8, 27 February, 1980 (lot 449 - un-named but H. Jessop)
MI [1885], states 'This 'glorious medallion', as Evelyn calls it, is one of the finest, rarest and most valuable of all the works of John Roettier'.
The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals (2000-2500 GBP)
*Believed ex Spink Auction 8, 27 February, 1980 (lot 449 - un-named but H. Jessop)
MI [1885], states 'This 'glorious medallion', as Evelyn calls it, is one of the finest, rarest and most valuable of all the works of John Roettier'.
The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals (2000-2500 GBP)