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

Charles I, a silver heart-shaped locket, obv. outside engraved with a skull between C-R, prepared bee / to follow mee, inside bearing a small left-facing portrait of the king, bare-headed, rev. outside i live and dy / in lyolly, inside blank, 24 x 20mm, 4.07g (Platt I, p.293, type C, this item; MI I, 366/249, note). With integral loop and contemporary ring for suspension, 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 (234)