Lot Archive

Lot

№ 576

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8 December 1994

Hammer Price:
£25

Charles I (1625-1649), The Meeting of the King and Queen at Kineton, 1643, a lead electrotype medal, King and Queen enthroned below sun and moon, certivs pythonem ivncti reverse xiii ivl carol et marie etc., Rawlins’ signature at bottom, 37mm (MI.306/130).Very fine

This medal, executed at Oxford by Thomas Rawlins, commemorates the meeting of Charles and Queen Henrietta Maria at Kineton, Warwickshire, on 13th July 1643.