medal
- Museum number
- G3,EM.30
- Description
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Gold medal. (whole)
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The Prince Charles' Plumes and motto. (obverse)
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Rose, around it in two lines is an inscription. Fleur-de-lis. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1616
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 18.500 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Medallic Illustrations 1, published in 1885, states:
Very rare.
Prince Charles matriculated at Oxford, 28 Aug. 1616, and added to his signature the sentence which forms the reverse of this medalet. He also wrote this in an album in 1648. (See Reliquias Hearnianae, Oxford, 1857. Vol. I. p. 351.)
See Pinkerton, J., ‘The Medallic History of England to the Revolution’, London, 1790 (fol.), xv. 22.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Matriculation of Charles from Oxford
- Acquisition date
- 1825
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- G3,EM.30
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: H49
- C&M catalogue number
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MB1 (Medallic Illustrations 1) (219) (71)