X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, Earl of Southampton, 1664, a cast silver-gilt medal by A. and T. Simon, bust left in cap and gown, no legend, rev. thomas comes southamptoniæ svmmvs angliæ thesavrarivs in four lines, date below, 43mm, 20.53g (Platt II, pp.326-7, type A; MI I, 502/137; E 227a). Good very fine, very rare £1,000-£1,500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: P. Spence Collection, Sotheby, 31 March-1 April 1947, lot 372; O.F. Parsons Collection, Baldwin Auction 12, 27 May 1997, lot 982 [from Baldwin].

Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton (1607-67), staunch supporter of Charles I who received permission to hold a vigil by Charles’ body in Banqueting House, Whitehall, on the night of his death, was appointed Lord High Treasurer in September 1660