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Peace or War, 1643, a struck silver medal by T. Rawlins, laureate draped bust of Charles I r...
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Peace or War, 1643, a struck silver medal by T. Rawlins, laureate draped bust of Charles I right, signed r below, carolvs d g ang sco fr et hib rex, rev. in vtrvmqve paratvs, crossed sword and olive-branch between c r crowned, date in exergue, 29mm, 9.03g (Platt I, pp.205-6, type A [A5, this item]; MI I, 308/134; E 142). A few minor surface marks, good very fine and toned £400-£600 --- This medal, issued soon after Prince Rupert’s taking of Bristol, and bearing the symbols of the olive branch and the sword, appears to have been intended to announce the king’s confidence in his own position and readiness to embark on either of two alternative courses. The copper specimen dated 1660 [lot 34] may be a restatement of this position from his son, even before his Coronation.
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Peace or War, 1643, a struck silver medal by T. Rawlins, laureate draped bust of Charles I right, signed r below, carolvs d g ang sco fr et hib rex, rev. in vtrvmqve paratvs, crossed sword and olive-branch between c r crowned, date in exergue, 29mm, 9.03g (Platt I, pp.205-6, type A [A5, this item]; MI I, 308/134; E 142). A few minor surface marks, good very fine and toned £400-£600 --- This medal, issued soon after Prince Rupert’s taking of Bristol, and bearing the symbols of the olive branch and the sword, appears to have been intended to announce the king’s confidence in his own position and readiness to embark on either of two alternative courses. The copper specimen dated 1660 [lot 34] may be a restatement of this position from his son, even before his Coronation.
The Platt Collection of 17th-Century Medals
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