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Auction: 21124 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 9: British and World Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 6022

The Gunpowder Plot, 1605, AE Medal, DETECTVS. QVI. LATVIT. S.C., snake gliding amongst lilies and roses, rev. NON DORMITASTI ANTISTES IACOBI, name of Jehovah in Hebrew, radiate, within a border of thorns, 30mm (Eimer 86; MI 196/19), some carbon staining, otherwise lustrous, good very fine

The conspiracy to blow up Parliament originated in 1604 after the edict banishing priests. The plot was revealed by an anonymous letter on 4 November, the day before its assembly.

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