This medal was struck to celebrate the Scottish Coronation of Charles I in 1633. The image of King Charles shows him wearing the Scottish crown, and the Order of the Thistle , the highest order of chivalry in Scotland, taking precedence over the more usual Order of the Garter. It was designed by the French Huguenot engraver Nicolas Briot, onetime chief engraver at the Paris Mint and designer of the Coronation medals for Louis XIII (crowned 1610). In 1625 Briot fled to England to escape creditors and accusations of fraud, and offered his services to Charles I. Briot designed the medals for Charles I’s English and Scottish Coronations, and in 1633 was appointed to the post of chief engraver of the Royal Mint. During the English civil war, Briot followed Charles I to his temporary courts in York and Oxford, and also travelled back to France a number of times during this period.