Modern badge – HCR155352

Obverse

Inscription:

ILLVST : CAROLI . MAG : BRIT : PRINC : DVC : CORNVB. / R. FE.

Design:

bust of Prince Charles, left, hair long, in plain falling collar, richly figured armour, with lion's head on shoulder, medal suspended to a chain, and scarf across the breast

Reverse

Information

Person

Charles II, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1649–1685 (ruler/authority) , Thomas Rawlins (engraver)

Technique

cast

Dating

1642-1646 (probably)

Note

pictured and discussed here: Farquhar, H. (1930). THE FORLORN HOPE MEDAL OF CHARLES I. The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society, 10(40), 316–329. http://www.jstor.org/stable/42664254

Period

Modern

Kind

badge

Metal

silver

Reign

Charles I, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

30.83

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition collection reference

Bodl. Med. 51 (: Vaux, V, 202 . 51 : Arch Bodl. Fol. 27)

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

uniface

Reference

Hawkins, Edward - 1885 - Medallic illustrations of the history of Great Britain and Ireland to the death of George II : 371:262

Contributors to this coin record

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