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Auction: 13013 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 715

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. ecclesia. perversa. tenet. faciem. diaboli, head of pope and the devil joined to form one face, edge inscribed, cervice. fracta. fidem. svstvlit. atlas. xns. 1678, 37mm. (MI i, 578/250; Eimer 259a), toned, extremely fine

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