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Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 21  26 Sep 2018
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Lot 518

Estimate: 3000 GBP
Price realized: 4000 GBP
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British Medals, Charles I, the Scottish Coronation 1633, the official gold medal, by Nicolas Briot, signed B on reverse crowned and draped bust l., wearing ornate lace collar, CAROLVS DG SCOTIÆ ANGLIÆ FR ET HIB REX, rev. a Scottish thistle in flower, HINC NOSTRÆ CREVERE ROSÆ, 28mm., wt. 8.23gms. (MI.266/60; Eimer 123; BMC [Jones] 155; Platt p.133, type B; H&P, pL 27, 9; Woll.iii; Cook 13; Foley 221), some light marks in fields, good very fine and very rare in gold
The service took place at St. Giles, Edinburgh, accompanied by an Anglican service, this intended as a warning to the Presbyterians of the future Charles imagined for Scotland. Much of the finery, gold, silver and jewellery that accompanied the king was lost when the ship carrying it, the Blessing of Burntisland, capsized and sank in the Firth of Forth. Wollaston illustrates this variety, reading REX, but describes the legend ending ... R.
(3000-3500 GBP)
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