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Auction: 374 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NYINC
Lot: 159

The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals | Restoration of Charles II, AR Medal, 1660, by Thomas Simon, CVM • DVPLICATVR • ONVS • REDIT • MOYSES •, Moses approaching the people of Israel while brickmaking under Egyptian taskmasters, rev. inscription within a wreath of oak, • IN • | AETER : MEMOR : | CAROLI • II • MA : BR : | FRANC : ET • HIBERN : | CLEMENTISSIMI • | REGIS : REDS • | 29 • MAII : | 1660 •, edge plain, 31mm, 13.15g, 6h (Eimer 217; MI ii 462/56, van Loon II, 464), darkly toned, extremely fine, very rare

Provenance
The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals

SCMB, January 1967, M25 - 'good EF/nearly FDC, R' - £10.10.0


Charles is here compared to Moses returning to the relief of his countrymen when suffering most severly under the tyranny of their oppressors. The oak may allude to his preservation in the oak-tree; or to the oak wreath presented to those who had preserved the lives of their fellow-citizens.

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Sold for
$2,000

Starting price
$400