The Many-Headed Monster

Triton XVII, Lot: 1520. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Medal (47mm, 35.09 g, 1h). Commemorating the Execution of Charles I, 1649. Of German manufacture. By F. LEYDEN GOTT UND OBRIGKEIT./CARL • I • V • G • G • KÖNIG VON ENGEL : SCHOTT : UND IRRLAND., bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust facing slightly left; • F • below bust / BEY DES POFELS MACHT UND STREIT, Seven-headed beast standing right over severed head of Charles, crown, and scepter, all on ground. Van Loon II 321; MI 352/210; Eimer 163. EF, toned. Well struck.

From the Jonathan H. Kagan Collection.