Watch List notes:

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), a handsome medal, extremely fine and extremely rare
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'.
(2000-2500)