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№ 1623

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11 October 2021

Hammer Price:
£130

Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, 1678, a cast and chased silver medal by G. Bower, draped bust right, hands strangling him with his own cravat, rev. Godfrey lying on the ground in the act of being strangled, Pope to left holds a document over the murderer’s head, edge plain, 38mm, 20.58g (cf. MI I, 577/247; cf. E 257a). Casting sprue on edge, good fine £80-£100