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Post-medieval medal: Charles I & Henrietta commemorative issue - obverse
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Post-medieval medal: Charles I & Henrietta commemorative issue - obverse
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English: A silver medal commemorating the marriage of King Charles I to the French princess Henrietta Maria in AD 1625. The medal was once gilded (as other examples show), however no trace of this remains. The obverse shows facing portraits of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, under rays from heaven. The inscription reads: CH.MAG.ET.HEN.MA.BRIT.REX.ET.
REG (Charles the Great and Henrietta Maria, king and queen of Britain), while the reverse depicts Cupid with flowers and the inscription: FVNDIT.AMOR.LILIA.MIXTA.ROSIS./.1625 (Love pours out lilies mingled with roses).

This small medal was struck and issued in large quantities. The reverse design references the union of the roses of England and lilies of France and the inscription is a modified quote from Virgil's Aeneid (xii, 68). Reference: Medallic Illustrations vol I, p. 238, no. 1. These medals were commemorative issues and were not coins, having no legal monetary value they did not circulate as legal tender. Therefore this is an object and not a coin, and being over 300 years old and more than 10% precious metal, it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the 1996 Treasure Act.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date 1625
date QS:P571,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 652568
Old ref: BERK-C622AE
Filename: 2014498Obv.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/494999
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/494999/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/652568
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