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Charles I: Memorial

(born in Saxony (worked for English Court))
1649
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver (hallow cast and chased)
DimensionsDiameter: 7.6 cm (3 in.)
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession number1970.439
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
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".
ProvenanceBy 1970, Cyril Humphris, London; 1970, sold by Cyril Humphris to the MFA. (Accession date: September 16, 1970)
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