| SINCONA AG > Auction 96 | Auction date: 26 May 2025 |
| Lot number: 49 Price realized: 750 CHF (Approx. 913 USD / 805 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: SINCONA BRITISH COLLECTION – PART 6. BRITISH GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS. CHARLES I. 1625-1649. Cast Silver Medal n. d. (1649). Royalist Badge. Charles and Henrietta Maria. By T. Rawlins. Bust, crowned and draped. CAROLVS . D . G MAG . BRITAN FRAN ET . HIB . REX . FI . D. Rv. Henrietta Maria draped. HENRETTA . MARIA . D . G MAG . BRITAN FRAN ET . HIB . REX. Wreath borders on edge. 39.9 x 55.5 mm. 21.31 g. Eimer 166a. MI i 355/216. Späterer überarbeiteter Guss mit verziertem Laubrand und Henkel / Later tooled cast, with wreath border, loop attached. Gutes sehr schön / Good Very Fine. (~€ 215/USD 235) The couple first met in 1623 at a court entertainment in Paris, when he was on his way to Spain with the Duke of Buckingham to discuss a possible marriage with Maria Anna of Spain, which failed for a variety of reasons. Searching elsewhere for a bride, Charles sent a close friend to Paris in 1624 who, a Francophile and a godson of Henry IV of France, strongly favoured a marriage with Henrietta Maria, the terms of which were negotiated by James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle. Henrietta Maria was aged fifteen at the time of her marriage, which was not unusual for royal princesses of the period. Starting price: 200 CHF |  |
