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Auction: 25055 - British Medals and World Coins featuring The Hurter-Amman Collection of Ancient and European Gold
Lot: 710

Return to London from Edinburgh, AR Cast Medal, 1633, by N. Briot, CAROLVS AVGVSTISS '. ET INVICTISS '. MAG .' BRIT '. FRAN '. ET HIB '. MONARCHA, King on horseback riding left, holding baton, floral ground-line below, radiant eye above, •: 1633 :•, in exergue below, rev. SOL ORBEM REDIENS SIC REX ILLVMINAT VRBEM SOL ORBEM REDIENS SIC REX ILLVMINAT VRBEM SOL •: E :•, view of London seen from the south bank of the Thames, 42mm, 14.32g [220.99grns] (Eimer 124; cf. MI 266/62), chipped at 3 o'clock and cracked to edge at 10 o'clock, with softness to the tops of devices, yet with a pleasing old tone, very fine and scarcely encountered

Provenance

The Collection of Graham Slater, Bonhams 31402, 15 April 2025, lot 47 [with old ticket]



When Charles I ascended to the throne in 1625, Scotland insisted that he should also be crowned there, as well as in London. The ceremony took place at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh on 18 June 1633. An elaborate royal tour followed.


This medal has been attributed to Nicholas Briot, although due to stylistic differences with his signed work, it opens the possibility to it having been created by another hand, such as the Mint's chief engraver, Edward Green.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,200

Starting price
£550