The Dr Jerome J. Platt Collection of 17th-Century Medals

Charles I, a silver-gilt heart-shaped locket, obv. outside engraved prepared be / to follow me / CR, inside bearing a small left-facing portrait of the king, bare-headed, rev. outside a heart crossed with two arrows, i live and dy / in loyalty, inside engraved martyr populy, 24 x 20mm, 3.51g (Platt I, p.292, type B; MI I, 366/249, note). With integral loop for suspension, about very fine and extremely rare £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Dr Jerome J. Platt Collection of 17th-Century Medals.

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Timothy Millett FPL 2004 (233)