MB. JR. Rare.
Cast and chased. The reverse is in imitation of engraving.
It is also probably a pattern for a half-crown.
268. C h a k l e s I. P a t t e r n ?
Bust of Charles I., I., &c.; same as No. 265, hut within a
corded circle. Leg. c a r o l v s . d : g : m ag : b r i t : f r a : e t .
h i b . r e x . f i d e : to. to. Lozenge.
Rev. Full-blown rose within a laurel wreath border.
1-4.
MB. JR. Very rare.
Cast and chased; the reverse is in imitation of engraving.
It is probably another pattern for a half-crown.
269. C h a r l e s I. P a t t e r n ?
Bust of Charles I., I., hair long, in falling lace collar,
armour, and scarf across the breast. Leg. c a r o l v s . d ’ . g ’ .
m a g ’ . b r i t ’ . f r ’ . e t ’ . h i ’ . r e x . to. to. Fleur-de-lis.
Rev. Royal arms in garnished oval shield, crowned, between
c r , both crowned. Leg. f l o r e n t . c o n c o r d i a . r e g n a . (Kingdoms
flourish by concord.) to. m. Fleur-de-lis.
1‘1. See Snelling’s Patterns, PI. vi. fig. 4.
MB. N . struck (Wt. 135'2 grs.), JR. cast.
This piece is very rare ; it can scarcely be doubted that it was
intended as a pattern for a broad, though the relief is higher
than usual for a coin. It was executed by Thomas Rawlins.
270. C h a r l e s I. P a t t e r n ?
Bust of Charles I., 1., &c.; same as the preceding. Leg.
c a r o l v s : d ’ . g ’ . maG’ . b r i t ’ . f r a n ’ . e t . h i b e r n l e ’ . REX.
to. m. Rose.
Rev. Royal arms in garnished oval shield, crowned, &c.;
same as the preceding : but to. TO. Rose.
1-6. The Mirror, Nov. 21, 1835.
H. Montagu, N . ' Unique.
This fine piece is not a medal, as usually supposed, but a
pattern for a five-broad-piece. It is said to have been presented
by Charles I. to Bishop Juxon on the scaffold just before his
execution. It formerly belonged to the Rev. James Commeline,
Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge, who was presumed
to be a collateral descendant of the Bishop, and from whose
hands it passed into the possession of Lieut.-Colonel John
Drummond. It was afterwards purchased by Mr. Edward
Wigan, then passed into the collection of Mr. Samuel Addington,
and is now in the possession of Mr. Hyman Montagu.
This piece, like the preceding, is the work of Thomas Rawlins.
271. C h a r l e s I. P a t t e r n ?
Bust of Charles I., r., crowned, hair long, in plain falling
collar, armour, and chequered sash, looped on the shoulders.
Leg. c a r . d : g . m a g . b r i t . f r , e t . h i b . r e x . Below, b .
(Nicholas Briot.)
Rev. Royal arms in square shield, crowned, within the
Garter. Leg. f i d e i . d e f e n s o r . (Defender of the Faith.)
1-15. Snelling’s Patterns, PI. v. fig. 36.
MB. JR. Gotha, JR. Rare.
Supposed to be a pattern for a shilling.
COUNTERS.
The counters described under Nos. 272-287 are stamped
in imitation of engraving. They were used as markers or
counters “ for reckoning and for play.” They appear to have
been issued in sets of thirty-six, composed either of pieces of
different types or of repetitions of the same type. Some of
these counters were executed by Nicholas Hilliard, jeweller,
goldsmith, and engraver to Elizabeth, and afterwards to James I.
From the latter, Hilliard received in 1617 a patent granting
him the monopoly for twelve years of all engraved portraits of