Baldwin & Sons
Auction 104 10 Mar 2022
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Charles II, Coronation, 1661, a struck AR medal (33mm.) unsigned [by T. Rawlins]. Crowned bust
left wearing Collar of the Garter, CAROLVS II DG MAG BRI FRA ET HI REX CORONATVS rev. dixi
cvstodiam xxiii pril 1661, Charles as a shepherd tending his fl ock DIXI CYSTODIVM XIII APRIL 1661,
I have said I will keep them 23 April 1661, edge PASTORE OVAT OVITE CORONATO, The fold rejoices
when the shepherd is crowned, (MI I 473/78; E 220). Almost Extremely Fine, fine old cabinet toning, Very Rare.
This piece is unsigned, but of the same group as other dies, some of which are signed ‘R’ for Rawlins.
Rawlins died in 1670 but had been nominal chief engraver since 1660. This is a highly professional and
fi nished medal, probably made in 1661 and for the Coronation, as opposed to commemorate it later.
However, it was not the ‘official’ medal approved for general circulation as was Simon’s. Note the
portrait in comparison with Simon’s halfcrowns in his hammered issues along with the Simon warrant
– an amazingly close similarity.
left wearing Collar of the Garter, CAROLVS II DG MAG BRI FRA ET HI REX CORONATVS rev. dixi
cvstodiam xxiii pril 1661, Charles as a shepherd tending his fl ock DIXI CYSTODIVM XIII APRIL 1661,
I have said I will keep them 23 April 1661, edge PASTORE OVAT OVITE CORONATO, The fold rejoices
when the shepherd is crowned, (MI I 473/78; E 220). Almost Extremely Fine, fine old cabinet toning, Very Rare.
This piece is unsigned, but of the same group as other dies, some of which are signed ‘R’ for Rawlins.
Rawlins died in 1670 but had been nominal chief engraver since 1660. This is a highly professional and
fi nished medal, probably made in 1661 and for the Coronation, as opposed to commemorate it later.
However, it was not the ‘official’ medal approved for general circulation as was Simon’s. Note the
portrait in comparison with Simon’s halfcrowns in his hammered issues along with the Simon warrant
– an amazingly close similarity.