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III. Description of a Gold Medal struck upon the Birth of King Charles II. by the Rev. Mark Noble, F.A.S. in a Letter addressed to Wilson Aylesbury Roberts, Esq. F.A.S.
Read May 5, 1796.
Dear Sir,
HEREWITH I send you a drawing, which exhibits a gold medal struck by king Charles I. upon the birth of the prince his son, afterwards king Charles II. Upon the obverse it gives the bust of king Charles I. representing that monarch crowned, with a ruff, and a military scarf over his armour. It is inscribed carolvs d. g. mag. brit. fra. et hib. rex. The reverse
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