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1649 Charles I Memorial Medal in Silver
£1,000
Charles I, Memorial (1649), silver medal, signed F, bust three-quarters left, rev., seven-headed monster rampant over the king’s decapitated head, 46mm (MI 352/210; Eimer 163) Edge plain.
A rare and dramatic medal struck upon the execution of Charles I, depicting a rampant seven-headed monster below lies Charles's head besides his crown and sceptre. A Edge mark at 12 o'clock on the obverse and a few marks in the obverse field otherwise a handsome and beautifully toned example