Noonans
Auction 265 23 Nov 2022
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Early Stuart and Civil War
Birth of Prince Charles, 1630, a silver medal, unsigned (attributed to N. Briot), cruciform shields, rays in angles, hactenvs anglorvm nvlli, rev. in honor caro princ mag bri fr et hi nat 29 maii 1630, legend within decorative scroll surround, 30mm, 4.21g (Platt I, p.128, type B [B5, this item]; MI I, 254/35; E 116). Very fine, toned £100-£120
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The addition of the rays coming from behind the shields is thought to allude to the appearance of the planet Venus at the exact time that the King left St Paul's Cathedral after the Service of Thanksgiving.
Birth of Prince Charles, 1630, a silver medal, unsigned (attributed to N. Briot), cruciform shields, rays in angles, hactenvs anglorvm nvlli, rev. in honor caro princ mag bri fr et hi nat 29 maii 1630, legend within decorative scroll surround, 30mm, 4.21g (Platt I, p.128, type B [B5, this item]; MI I, 254/35; E 116). Very fine, toned £100-£120
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The addition of the rays coming from behind the shields is thought to allude to the appearance of the planet Venus at the exact time that the King left St Paul's Cathedral after the Service of Thanksgiving.