- Museum number
- 1844,0425.31
- Description
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Gold medal; cast and chased with attached loop. (whole)
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Bust of Charles II, left, laureate, hair long, flowing over the shoulders, in falling lace collar, ermine robes, collar and George of the Garter. (obverse)
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Oak-tree in full leaf, three crowns among the branches; above, the meridian sun. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1661
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 43.000 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Medallic Illustrations 1, published in 1885, states:
Extremely rare.
This medal is beautifully cast and chased by Thomas Simon. The silver example (registration no. M.7484) is not chased. Vertue says, it "was designed and made for a badge or cognizance to be worn by the new intended order of Knights of the Royal Oak." But in the Appendix he gives a copy of Simon's account of money received for seals, coins, and medals, in which is the following entry:
"For two gold meddalls for his Majesties two master cooks, on the one side his Majesties effigies in royall robes, with a laurell on his head, and the other side the royall oak, with the sun shining upon it, and this motto, IAM FLOERSCIT, the 22 Aprill, 1661, weight, 3 oz. 2 dwts. 16 gr."
Another entry is the charge for a medal of the same pattern for an Italian musician. The above is probably a specimen of the medal referred to, but struck on a thinner flan. As medal Medallic Illustrations 1, p453.38 expressed an expectation that the royal oak would revive, this declares that it has so done.
See Pinkerton, J., ‘The Medallic History of England to the Revolution’, London, 1790 (fol.), xxx. 5; Vertue, George, ‘Medals, Coins, Great Seals, &c., of T. Simon, Chief Engraver of the Mint to K. Charles the 1st, &c.’ [London], 1753, xxvii.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Coronation of Charles II
- Acquisition date
- 1844
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- 1844,0425.31
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: H73
- C&M catalogue number
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MB1 (Medallic Illustrations 1) (475) (83)
