Rottiers's Celebrated Britanniae Medal

Triton XVII, Lot: 1522. Estimate $5000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles II. 1660-1685. AR Medal (86mm, 323.01 g, 12h). Commemorating the Restoration of the Stuart Monarchy and Entrance of Charles II into London on his Birthday, 29 May 1660. Of Dutch manufacture. [By Jan Roettiers]. Struck 1670-1680. CAROLVS • SECVNDVS • D • G • MAG • BRIT • FRAN • ET • HIB • REX, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Charles II right / FELICITAS • BRITANNIÆ •/29 • MAII • 1660 • in two lines in exergue, Britannia seated right beneath cliff, receiving olive branch from Justice standing left, holding scales and fasces; behind, Pallas, Victory, blowing trumpet, and Hercules; above, cherub descending from radiant sky, holding palm fronds; in background, ship sailing right. Van Loon II 464; MI 460/53; Eimer 212. EF, toned, a few field marks and cabinet friction. Very rare, and a lovely example of this magnificent large medal.

From the Jonathan H. Kagan Collection. Ex Sotheby's (9 October 1995), lot 1483.