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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8214075, member: 110350&quot;]Another:</p><p><br /></p><p>England 1625, Marriage of Charles I to Henrietta Maria (unofficial). Obv. Busts face to face; above, celestial rays. He, head bare, wears ruff, doublet buttoned, and George of the Garter suspended to riband; she, hair jewelled, wears earrings, necklace, dress, and stiff ruff, CH. MAG. ET. HEN. MA. BRIT. REX. ET. REG [Charles the Great, and Henrietta Maria, King and Queen of Britain] / Rev. Cupid walking, right, scattering roses and lilies, above, celestial rays, FVNDIT. AMOR. LILIA. MIXTA. ROSIS [Love pours out lilies mixed with roses (alluding to the union of the lilies of France with the roses of England)]; in exergue: 1625. AR 24 mm. <i>Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol</i>. <i>I</i> p. 238 No. 1 (1885, reprinted 1969); Eimer 105A.*</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441588[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>*This “medalet” is described in the earliest book that I know of devoted to the subject of English coronation and other “royal” medals -- certainly the earliest such book I own! See William Till, <i>Descriptive Particulars of English Coronation Medals, from the Inauguration of King Edward the Sixth to our Present Sovereign, the Queen Victoria</i> (London 1838), at pp. 14-15: “HENRIETTA MARIA, queen consort of Charles the First, was never crowned; her profession of the Catholic faith excluded her from that honour, although among the Harleian manuscripts, a prospective account is given of such an event, presuming it would take place; but we meet with what is termed a nuptial medal, or medalet, having her portrait and that of the sovereign opposite to each other, with their names and titles. On the reverse, Cupid is strewing flowers; the legend, FVNDIT AMOR LILIA MIXTA ROSIS – Love pours forth Lilies mixed with Roses; allusive to the union of the rose of England and the fleur-de-lis of France, in the persons of Charles and Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henry the Fourth. These pieces are very common; there are also numerous small oval medals of this princess, bearing her portrait, with that of her husband.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Till was a prominent dealer in coins and medals, with his store located at 17, Great Russell Street, Covent Garden, London. The back of the book has several interesting pages of advertising material listing his available stock of both, with a price list.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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