medal
- Museum number
- BNK,EngM.44
- Description
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Silver medal. (whole)
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Four oval garnished shields, bearing, 1. France and England quarterly, 2. Scotland, 3. France, 4. Ireland, united at their bases, from which issue rays. (obverse)
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An ornamented oval tablet on which is an inscription. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1630
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 29.000 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Not rare.
Of these medalets there are various dies presenting trifling variations. One reads FRA'. ET . HIB'.
See Pinkerton, J., ‘The Medallic History of England to the Revolution’, London, 1790 (fol.), xiv. 11; xv. 14; Evelyn, John, ‘A Discourse of Medals ancient and modern, &c’, London, 1697 (fol.), 121; Van Loon, Gerard, ‘Histoire Métallique des XVII. Provinces des Pays-Bas’, 5 vol. La Haye, 1732-1837 (fol) [There is also an edition in Dutch, but with different paging], II. 188.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Birth of Charles II (29th May 1630)
- Acquisition date
- 1877
- Acquisition notes
- The Bank of England loaned their Collection to the British Museum in 1865 wishing to make it accessible to the general public. This remained as a separate Collection until 1877 when the Bank Directors decided it would be more useful to the museum and the public if incorporated into the national collection. The Bank of England collection was therefore presented to the British Museum in 1877, any duplicates being sold to create a coins and medals purchase fund.
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- BNK,EngM.44
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: H27
- C&M catalogue number
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MB1 (Medallic Illustrations 1) (254) (35)