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Charles I: Memorial
Heinrich Reitz, the Younger (born in Saxony (worked for English Court))
English
1649
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver (hallow cast and chased)
Dimensions
Diameter: 7.6 cm (3 in.)
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1970.439
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Charles I, king of England, commemorating his death. Pierced at bottom edge.
Obverse: Two overlapping busts looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "CAROLVS ET MARIA D·G·MAG·BRITAN·FRANE·ET HIBER·RX·ET RA [rosette]".
Reverse: Rampant dragon at proper right attacking with its mouth a mass made up of six distinct animal heads, over a mass below that includes a king's head; inscribed at edge "HEV QVAENAM HAEC INSANIA VULGI!" and on mass below "HR".
Obverse: Two overlapping busts looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "CAROLVS ET MARIA D·G·MAG·BRITAN·FRANE·ET HIBER·RX·ET RA [rosette]".
Reverse: Rampant dragon at proper right attacking with its mouth a mass made up of six distinct animal heads, over a mass below that includes a king's head; inscribed at edge "HEV QVAENAM HAEC INSANIA VULGI!" and on mass below "HR".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "CAROLVS ET MARIA D·G·MAG·BRITAN·FRANE·ET HIBER·RX·ET RA [rosette]".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "HEV QVAENAM HAEC INSANIA VULGI!" and on mass below "HR".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "HEV QVAENAM HAEC INSANIA VULGI!" and on mass below "HR".
ProvenanceBy 1970, Cyril Humphris, London; 1970, sold by Cyril Humphris to the MFA. (Accession date: September 16, 1970)