Great Britain Historical Medals
Lot 2019 Session 7 (11.30am Wednesday) Great Britain Historical Medals
Estimate $350
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CHARLES I, silver Royalist counter (27mm), struck c1630 in imitation of engraving, probably by Simon de Passe (M.I. 279), obverse, conjoined busts of Charles I and Henrietta Maria (his queen) to right, reverse, conjoined crowned shields of England and France within a wreath. Good very fine.
These jetons were struck in imitation of engraving, many varieties are known. They were used as markers or counters 'for reckoning and for play'.
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