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Lot 100
Charles II, 1649, a small oval silver badge issued in exile, bust three-quarters right, date below, carolus secundus, rev. crowned arms, in imitation of engraving, 23 x 19mm, 1.56g (MI I, 438/4). Neat workmanship, with integral loop for suspension, good fine or better but perforated through some of the lettering £150-£200
![Charles II, a silver Royalist badge, unsigned [possibly by T. Rawlins], bust three-quarters right, draped, carolus secundus,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/299f2892-81e3-41fd-9e85-aeb000b01359/473eba82-d932-4d05-8a4b-af3a016c8728/468x382.jpg)
![Charles II, a silver-gilt Royalist badge, unsigned [possibly by T. Rawlins], cuirassed draped bust three-quarters left, with](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/299f2892-81e3-41fd-9e85-aeb000b01359/60e48cc4-775d-4a1e-9737-af3a016e7b03/468x382.jpg)
Lot 102
Charles II, a silver-gilt Royalist badge, unsigned [possibly by T. Rawlins], cuirassed draped bust three-quarters left, with long hair, wearing falling plain collar and medal suspended from a riband, lions’ heads on shoulders, carolvs secvndvs, rev. arms within Garter, crown between CR above, in imitation of engraving, 25 x 20mm, 3.93g (MI I, 439/6; Farquhar 2 p.276; E 206). A little wear to gilding, about very fine with suspension loops £400-£600
![Charles II, Restoration, 1660 (?), a cast and chased silver-gilt Royalist badge, unsigned [by T. Rawlins or T. Simon], young](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/299f2892-81e3-41fd-9e85-aeb000b01359/a7e743b9-7ecb-4258-9503-af3a016e07f6/468x382.jpg)
Lot 105
Charles II, Restoration, 1660 (?), a cast and chased silver-gilt Royalist badge, unsigned [by T. Rawlins or T. Simon], young crowned bust right, rev. crowned arms within Garter between c r, on striated background, in imitation of engraving, 36 x 30mm, 7.18g (Platt II, p.354; MI I, 444/19; E 204). Very fine, rare; with integral loop and ring for suspension £800-£1,000
![Charles II, a silver Royalist badge, unsigned [possibly by T. Rawlins], crowned armoured bust left, with long hair, wearing f](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/299f2892-81e3-41fd-9e85-aeb000b01359/3b65a0e1-fde6-4863-9dc3-af3a016daf7a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 107
Charles II, a silver Royalist badge, unsigned [possibly by T. Rawlins], crowned armoured bust left, with long hair, wearing falling plain collar and medal suspended from a riband, C2 R in fields, all in ornate border, rev. from the same die, 29 x 24mm, 3.85g (MI I, 446/23). Struck from two thin sheets soldered together, with integral suspension loop, about very fine, toned, rare £200-£300
Lot 108
General George Monck, c. 1660, an oval cast and chased silver-gilt medal, unsigned, bust left, george d albemarle around, rev. armorial shield surmounted by ducal coronet, wreathed border both sides, 37 x 29mm, 9.32g (Platt II, p.223, type F [F1, this item]; cf. MI I, 466/65; cf. E 218). Very fine and extremely rare; with integral triple-loop for suspension, and carefully pierced several times below the portrait to facilitate sewing to a supporter's coat £1,500-£2,000 --- It seems highly probable that the present piece, which has a companion in the Ashmolean Museum, was worn by a senior officer in Monck's army.
Lot 109
Marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, 1662, a silver badge, unsigned, crowned bust of Charles left between CR crowned, pace trivmphans, rev. draped bust of Catherine left, crown before, fvtvri spes, 31 x 28mm, 4.51g (Platt II, p.354; MI I, 483/96; E 225). Traces of old gilding, better than very fine £200-£300
Lot 111
Royalist Supporter, c. 1660, a cast and chased silver badge, unsigned, bust of unknown man left, rev. royal arms on shield, crown above between C R, 18 x 16mm, 2.25g (Platt II, p.359; MI I, 598/282). Very fine and very rare £300-£400 --- Although no specific attribution for this portrait has been given, Hawkins states that it is most probably an adherent of the Royalist cause.
![The Trial and Acquittal of John Lilburne, London, 1649, a struck silver medal, unsigned [by D. Ramage after T. Simon], draped](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/299f2892-81e3-41fd-9e85-aeb000b01359/6d808bc9-f8f0-4ae8-96b3-af3a0170ebb7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 113
The Trial and Acquittal of John Lilburne, London, 1649, a struck silver medal, unsigned [by D. Ramage after T. Simon], draped bust left, iohn lilborne saved by the power of the lord and the integrity of his ivry who are ivges of law as wel as fact oct 26 1649, rev. myles petty ste iles abr smith ion king, etc around central rose, 34mm, 12.87g (Platt II, p.202, type A [A1, this item]; MI I, 385/3; E 177). Nearly very fine, rare £1,000-£1,200 --- John Lilburne (1614-57), a Puritan who converted to the Quaker religion in the year before his death, fought for the Parliamentarians in the Civil War and was present at Edge Hill and Marston Moor, although between these two engagements he had been captured by royalists while in the parliamentary garrison at Brentford. An agitator for the the freeborn rights of Englishmen, he spent most of the later 1640s incarcerated in the Tower for denouncing his former military commander, the Earl of Manchester, as a royalist sympathiser. A campaign to free him spawned a new political party, the Levellers, which had a strong following in the New Model Army although Lilburne had begun to see the reality of life under Cromwell’s diktat and his supporters actively agitated for King Charles’s son, in exile in France, to finance the Leveller movement. Parliament passed a motion for Lilburne to be tried for high treason, as the King had been, but unlike the case of the monarch, a jury of 12 would decide Lilburne’s fate. The trial, which started on 24 October 1649, lasted two days and the jury, whose names are on the reverse of the medal, found him not guilty. For the next two years Lilburne remained politically inactive, but after a dispute concerning the ownership of collieries in his native County Durham, he was sentenced to pay a fine of £3,000 to the state and was banished for life.
Lot 114
The Trial and Acquittal of John Lilburne, London, 1649, an oval struck silver-gilt medal, unsigned [by D. Ramage after T. Simon], draped bust left, iohn lilborne, rev. october 26 1649, family arms in shield, 25 x 22mm, 5.24g (Platt II, p.202, type B; MI I, 386/4; E 178). Some light scratches above shield, very fine and very rare £1,200-£1,500 --- These medals were attributed to Simon by Vertue, and the portraiture (bust punch) is certainly Simon’s work. Hawkins was sceptical, however, and rightly so. Later studies show that these medals were almost certainly the first major work of David Ramage (cf. DNW 160, 411), incorporating as they do punches for symbols also used on Ramage’s trade tokens. This would have been a private commission, probably sponsored by Lilburne himself.
Lot 115
Cromwell, Lord General, 1650, a round uniface copper restrike (c. 1738 or later) of the oval medal by T. Simon, armoured bust three-quarters right, oli cromwell milit parl dvx gen, 36mm (Platt I, p.336; Lessen p.93, Gp B and pl. xvi, 6; MI I, 388/7; E 180a). Die flaw partly tooled out, very fine or better £150-£200 --- The die is thought to have broken before any medals could be struck from it, a view supported by the absence of a reverse. It is believed to have been taken to Holland in 1720 where restrikes in gold, silver and copper were produced, normally on round flans. Oval strikings are considered to have been made later (see M. Lessen, ‘The Cromwell Lord General Medal by Simon’, BNJ 1979, pp.87-98).
Lot 116
Battle of Dunbar, 1650, a small uniface oval silver restrike medal, mid-18th century, after T. Simon, bust of Cromwell left, battle scene in background, signed t.simon.f below, the lord of hosts word at dvnbar septem y 3 1650, 26 x 22mm, 7.59g (Platt I, p.327, type K; MI I, 391/13; E 181b2). Good very fine £100-£150
Lot 118
Battle of Dunbar, 1650, a large silver restrike medal, late 19th century (?), after T. Simon, bust of Cromwell left, battle scene in background, signed tho.simon.fe below, the lord of hosts word at dvnbar septem y 3 1650, rev. view of the Long Parliament, 34 x 28mm, 16.71g (Platt I, p.328, type M, this item; Lessen, BNJ 1981, pp.123-4 and pl. xiv; Henfrey pl. i, 1; MI I, 392/14; E 181, note). Good very fine; suspension loop added £120-£150
Lot 119
Battle of Dunbar, 1650, a large cast silver medal by T. Simon, bust of Cromwell left, battle scene in background, signed tho.simon.fe below, the lord of hosts word at dvnbar septem y 3 1650, rev. view of the Long Parliament, 34 x 29mm, 9.35g (Platt I, p.329, type O [O1, this item]; Lessen, BNJ 1981, p.119; Henfrey pl. i, 1; MI I, 392/14; E 181a2). About fine £120-£150
Lot 12
Demands of Charles I for an Increase in Naval and Military Forces, a copper medal by N. Briot, draped bust right wearing radiate coronet, signed b below, carolvs d g mag brit fr et hib rex. rev. regit vnvs viroque, crossed sceptre and trident united by a cord, rose below, undated, 28mm (Platt I, p.120, type A; MI I, 250/26). About very fine £150-£200
Lot 120
Battle of Dunbar, 1650, a large oval silver restrike medal, mid-18th century, after T. Simon, bust of Cromwell left, battle scene in background, signed t.simon.f below, the lord of hosts word at dvnbar septem y 3 1650, 32 x 27mm, 9.91g (Platt I, p.329, type P; MI I, 392/14; E 181). Struck on a cast flan, nearly very fine, cleaned £80-£100
Lot 122
Admiral Blake, Naval Reward, 1653, an oval gilt-bronze medal by A. Simon, bust three-quarters right in stiff ruff, armour and scarf across the breast, without legend, rev. naval engagement, in foreground, a sinking ship, signed a simon on stern, wreath border both sides, 50 x 43mm (Platt II, p.342, type B [B1, this item]; cf. MI I, 401/31). With integral loop for suspension, good very fine, extremely rare £1,500-£2,000 --- Medallic work by Abraham Simon is infrequently met with.
Lot 124
Lord Protector, 1653, a cast silver medal by T. Simon, armoured and draped bust of Cromwell left, signed tho:simon:f below, olivervs dei gra reipvb angliæ sco et hib & protector, rev. pax qværitvr bello, lion séjant displaying arms, 39mm, 7.78g (Platt I, pp.338-9, type B [B4, this item]; Lessen type 5; MI I, 409/45; E 188b). A later cast, worked in fields, otherwise nearly very fine £100-£150
Lot 126
Lord General/Lord Protector, c. 1650-8, a struck copper medal, c. 1730, probably by J. Dassier after T. Simon, armoured bust three-quarters right, ts below, oliv d g r p ang sco et hib pro, rev. pax qværitvr bello, lion séjant displaying arms, 34mm (Platt I, p.340, type C; Lessen, BNJ 1979, p.95, (1b); MI I, 410/46; E 189). On a thick flan, very fine £120-£150 --- Simon’s bust puncheon was used for this medal, which is considered to be by Jean Dassier of Geneva, made while he was in England c. 1730.
Lot 127
James Ashe, 1656, a small uniface oval silver portrait medal, by J. Stuart in imitation of a 17th century medal, bare-headed bust left, with long hair, iacobvs aschevs æt 56, 36 x 30mm (MI I, p.422). Extremely fine and very rare, contained in a contemporary shagreen case £300-£400 --- When making his series of restitutional medals, it would seem that Stuart was misinformed and copied a Dutch medal of one James Pasch, aged 36, and made him into James Ashe, aged 56. Ashe was an important figure in the history of Bath, being elected MP in 1640 and again in 1656. He was later appointed Recorder for the City. He married Margerey Harrinton in 1652.
Lot 128
Elizabeth Claypole, Memorial, 1658, a pewter medal by T. Simon, bust right, hair swept back and falling as curls to the side, wearing a single strand of pearls, signed ts on truncation, 35mm (Platt II, p.38, type A [A6, this item]; MI I, 430/74). Very fine £200-£300 --- Elizabeth Claypole (1629-58) was the second and favourite daughter of Oliver Cromwell. She married John Claypole in January 1646 and they had four children, the youngest of whom died an infant. Elizabeth herself became very ill and her premature death at Hampton Court undoubtedly hastened that of her father, who succumbed less than a month later.
Lot 129
Elizabeth Claypole, Memorial, 1658, a copper medal by J. Kirk after T. Simon, bust right, hair swept back and falling as curls to the side, wearing a single strand of pearls, rev. ann [sic] cleypole daughter of oliver cromwell within wreath, 34mm (Platt II, p.38, type C; MI I, 430/75; E 197); Cromwell, Memorial, 1658, a silvered copper medalet by J. Kirk for the Sentimental Magazine, bust left, rev. olivar cromwell 1658, 26mm (MI I, 435/86); together with a similar copper medalet for Queen Charlotte, 1773 [3]. Extremely fine, first and last with traces of original colour £150-£180 --- The name Ann in the reverse inscription instead of Elizabeth would appear to be Kirk’s mistake.
Lot 131
Death of Oliver Cromwell, 1658, a large struck silver medal, late 17th century (?), unsigned (of Dutch origin), after T. Simon, armoured bust left, olivar d g rp ang sco hiberniæ protector, rev. non defitient oliva sep 3 1658, shepherd with his flock under an olive tree, landscape in background, 49mm, 47.29g (Platt II, p.26, type C [C1, this item]; Lessen, BNJ 1982, dies 1/2; Henfrey pl. v, 5; MI I, 435/85; v. Loon II, 420; E 200). Extremely fine, toned £1,000-£1,200
Lot 132
Cromwell, Memorial, 1658, a struck silver-gilt medal, c. 1731, by J. Dassier, laureate draped bust left, signed i · dassier · f ·, olivarius cromwell, rev. infant genii surrounding decorated and inscribed monument, 38mm, 31.28g (Platt II, pp.29-30, type A; Eisler I, 265/35; MI I, 435/87; E 203). Only peripheral traces of gilding, good very fine £400-£500 --- Part of Dassier’s Kings and Queens of England series
Lot 134
Cromwell and Tommaso Aniello, c. 1700, a struck copper medal by F. St Urbain, bust of Cromwell left, olivar d g r p ang sco et hib &c pro, rev. thomas aniello de amalphi, bust of Aniello left, signed sv on truncation, 46mm (Platt I, p.346, type C; Henfrey pl. v, 2; MI I, 432/79; E 199). Nearly extremely fine, tan patina £200-£300 --- Tommaso Aniello (1620-47), aka Masaniello, a fisherman from Naples with a reputation for smuggling, was chosen to lead a protest against a new tax on fruit, levied by the Neapolitan nobility in July 1647 to raise money to pay the tribute demanded by Spain. The insurrection against the nobles was successful, and Masaniello’s mob of almost 1,000 citizens ransacked the armouries and opened the city’s prisons. Despite reaching an agreement with the viceroy of Naples, the Duke of Arcos, who confirmed upon him the title ‘captain-general of the Neapolitan people’ on 13 July 1647, Masaniello continued to stir unrest and was arrested three days later, only to be assassinated by a group of grain merchants said to be in the pay of the nobles. His head was cut off and brought by a band of roughs to the viceroy and his body buried outside the city. But the next day the populace, angered by the alteration of the measures for weighing bread, repented; his body was dug up and given a splendid funeral, at which the viceroy himself was represented. Masaniello shared no obvious similarities to Oliver Cromwell, other than a rapid rise to power at about the same time (Platt I, p.347).
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