The Portland Collection, Commemorative Medals, Charles II, The Peace of Breda, 'Favente Deo', silver medal, 1667, by John Roettier, laur. bust of King r., legend reads BRI., rev. Britannia std. on rocky shore, contemplating her navies, FAVENTE DEO, in ex. BRITANNIA, lettered edge with star stops, *+* CAROLVS SECVNDVS PACIS ET IMPERII RESTITUTOR AVGVSTVS, 56.5mm. (MI.535/185; Eimer 241; vL.II, 522; Pax 270; MH.65), obverse a little mottled, nearly extremely fine
The medal famous for the representation of Frances Teresa Stuart (1647-1702), later Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, as Britannia (and Pepys's comment in his diary, 25th February, 1667). This variety of the medal re-uses the obverse of the medal for the Proposed Commercial Treaty with Spain (see lot 257).