Spink
Auction 374 16 Jan 2022
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals | Restoration of Charles II, AR Medal, 1660, by Thomas Simon, CVM • DVPLICATVR • ONVS • REDIT • MOYSES •, Moses approaching the people of Israel while brickmaking under Egyptian taskmasters, rev. inscription within a wreath of oak, • IN • | AETER : MEMOR : | CAROLI • II • MA : BR : | FRANC : ET • HIBERN : | CLEMENTISSIMI • | REGIS : REDS • | 29 • MAII : | 1660 •, edge plain, 31mm, 13.15g, 6h (Eimer 217; MI ii 462/56, van Loon II, 464), darkly toned, extremely fine, very rare
Provenance
The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals
SCMB, January 1967, M25 - 'good EF/nearly FDC, R' - £10.10.0
Charles is here compared to Moses returning to the relief of his countrymen when suffering most severly under the tyranny of their oppressors. The oak may allude to his preservation in the oak-tree; or to the oak wreath presented to those who had preserved the lives of their fellow-citizens.
Provenance
The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals
SCMB, January 1967, M25 - 'good EF/nearly FDC, R' - £10.10.0
Charles is here compared to Moses returning to the relief of his countrymen when suffering most severly under the tyranny of their oppressors. The oak may allude to his preservation in the oak-tree; or to the oak wreath presented to those who had preserved the lives of their fellow-citizens.