Stock No. 5418	Charles II silver medal - The Peace of Breda
Silver medal executed early in 1667 by John Roettier. Obverse: Bust of Charles II laureate, hair long, facing right. Reverse: Brittannia on the sea-shore revues her navies sailing on the ocean under a meridian sun. Inscription: FAVENTE DEO (God being propitious). Further inscription of edge. MI535/186). Maker :- John Roettier

Condition :-Extremely fine. A few slight knocks on edge.
Circa :- 1667	.	.
Size :- 56mm
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This medal commemorates the extraordinary efforts made by England during 1666 to increase her navy in just a few weeks and thus make it the most supreme naval fighting force that England had ever possessed. Britannia, on the reverse, is a portrait of Mrs. Stuart, later Duchess of Richmond, who was the fashionable beauty at Court at this time.

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