230, Lot: 514. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Medal (28mm, 5.31 g, 6h). Nicholas Briot, engraver. Dated 1628. Crowned coat-of-arms within collar of the Order of Thistle / Crossed scepter and trident; date in exergue. Eimer 112. VF, toned. Rare.

This medal was a pattern for a shilling. It is dated 1628, the year Charles petitioned the Parliament for the funds to increase military and naval forces.