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

Marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, 1662, a silver medal by J. Roettiers, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Charles right, carolvs ii dei g mag bri fran et hib rex, rev. catharina d g mag bri fran et hiber regina, draped bust of Catherine right, wearing necklace, 43mm, 40.08g (MI I, 489/111; v. Loon II, 471; E 224). A few minor surface and rim and edge marks, good very fine, rare £400-£500

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

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SNC February 2002 (CM0329)

Perhaps the medal referred to in Edmund Waller’s contemporary poem ‘Epigram upon the Golden Medal’