Art Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Saor Alba's Scottish Coronation Medal by Nicholas Briot, handed out by King Charles I in 1633 A fascinating memento from Scottish and British history, this AR medal by Nicholas Briot was struck in 1633 to commemorate Charles I's very belated Scottish coronation that year. His coronation should have been much earlier, he ascended the throne in 1625, but he carelessly delayed said coronation until finally giving into demands that it be done in 1633. His introduction of Anglican liturgy into the coronation ceremony did little to endear him to his Scottish subjects, and things went decidedly sour thereafter. On his return trip to London his baggage including many crown jewels were lost in the Firth of Forth, just off of Burntisland. Subsequently alleged witches were brought to trial in London, on charges of causing the shipwreck. Things went down for Charles I from there on, both in Scotland and in England. This lovely medal, with a lifelike portrait of the monarch, was commissioned to Nicholas Briot, a famous and skilled coiner. This medal was struck in a screw press, and is actually much better detailed as a result. One of these medals was struck piedfort in gold, which was presented to the King, he kept it as a pocket piece until his death in 1649. The silver examples like this one were thrown by the king to the crowds at the coronation ceremony. ikaros's 1971 Lunar Commemorative Franklin Mint lunar commemorative metallion made from a melt that included silver sent to the moon on Apollo XIV -- hard to get a good scan of this because of its packaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowtracks Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Scottish Medal for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 This sometimes happens and it makes it tough - more than a century separting these two. I like the Lunar because it was such a huge event, but ended up with the coronation medal for the aesthetics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted February 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 The winner of this thread is: Saor Alba's Scottish Coronation Medal by Nicholas Briot, handed out by King Charles I in 1633 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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