369, Lot: 644. Estimate $500. Sold for $775. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles II. 1660-1685. AR Medal (30mm, 8.41 g, 12h). Coronation issue. By T. Simon. Dated 1661. CAROLVS · II · D · G ANG · SCO · FR · ET HI · REX, crowned and mantled bust right, wearing Collar of the Order of the Garter / EVERSO · MISSVS · SVCCVRRERE · SECLO · XXIII · APR · I66I (sent to support a fallen age, –adapted from Virgil), Charles seated left on throne, wearing royal robes, and being crowned by Victory flying rightward from above. MI 472/76; Eimer 221. EF, attractively toned, light cabinet friction.

From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.