Medals, medallions and badges..

[Sword 1,263]

14 hours ago, TomGoodheart said:

Yes, Helen Farquhar who was deeply interested in these things suggested as much in her paper in the British Numismatic Journal, Sword!

The rock, beset by storms, was one of  three symbols used on memorial medals to illustrate this 'fortitude'. The others were a salamander, emerging unharmed from flames (CONSTANTIA CAESARIS) and a diamond which, though placed upon an anvil, resists damage from the blows of a hammer (INEXPVGNABILIS).

Medals as propaganda, I guess.

The legend "CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO" on Charles I coins was blatant propaganda. Unfortunately for Charles, it didn't stop people from overthrowing him.

The numismatic legacy of his reign is simply unmatched by any other monarch.

[Paulus 1,834]

13 minutes ago, Sword said:

The legend "CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO" on Charles I coins was blatant propaganda. Unfortunately for Charles, it didn't stop people from overthrowing him.

The numismatic legacy of his reign is simply unmatched by any other monarch.

I always smile at the declaration on some of the civil war coins, like my Briot style horseman Oxford halfcrown.

The reverse shows a shortened version of the “Declaration” which Charles made in Wellington in September 1642, in which he promised to uphold the Protestant Religion, the Laws of England, and the Liberty of Parliament, shown in two lines across the centre of the coin.
RELIG:PROT:LE:AN:LI:PA
Being an abbreviation for:-
RELIGIO PROTESTANTIUM LEGES ANGLIAE LIBERTAS PARLIAMENTI
Which translates as:-
The religion of the Protestants, the laws of England and the liberty of Parliament

 

 

[TomGoodheart 311]

Which as Sword says, didn't do him any good in the end. Parliament still felt constrained and eventually used its 'liberty'. In a way I'm not sure Charles anticipated!