Object Description
325 CHARLES I (1600-49), King of England 1629, Memorial Medal ca. 1670
Obv. Bust to right. Around, CAROL . D . G . M . B . F . ET . H . REX . & . GLOR . MEM . ; below, R
Rev. Arm from clouds, holding celestial crown; below, landscape with sheep. Around, VIRTVT EX . ME . FORTVNAM . EX . ALIJS .
Copper, struck, 50 mm.
Made by Roettiers after the Restoration, and highly praised by Evelyn as "incomparably the most resembling his serene countenance." The effigy is related to a similar medal signed by Norbert Roettiers {Med. III., pl. 30, no. 10).
Bibl.: Forrer 5, p. 165 (dated 1649); Med. III., pl. 30, no. 11; Houston, no. 83; J. Evelyn, A Discourse of Medals, London 1697, pp. 112-13, fig. 34 (medal signed by Norbert Roettiers).