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Auction: 13013 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 713

Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, 1678, Silver medal by G. Bower, bust right being strangled by his own cravat, moriendo. restitvit. rem. e. godfrey, rev. tantvm. religio. potvit., man strangling a prone figure, pope standing left blessing the event and holding a bulla, edge inscribed cervice. fracta. fidem. svstvlit. atlas. xnx. 1678, 39 mm. (MI i, 577/247; Eimer 257a), nearly extremely fine

Estimate
£300 to £400