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Auction: 22106 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 18 - British and World Coins, Medals and Tokens - e-Auction
Lot: 1504

(x) John Lilburne, Trial and Acquittal, Struck AE Medal, 1649, by D. Ramage after T. Simon, IOHN. LILBURNE. SAVED. BY. THE. POWER. OF. THE. LORD. AND. THE. INTEGRITY. OF. HIS. IVRY. WHO. ARE. IVGES. OF. LAW. AS. WEL. AS. FACT. OCT 26. 1649., draped bust left, rev. MYLES. PETTY. STE. ILES. ABR. SMITH. ION. KING. NIC. MVRIN. THO. DAINTY. EDM. KEYSAR. EDW. PARKINS. RAL. PACKMAN. WIL. COMINS. SY. WEEDON. HEN. TOWLEY. OCTOBER. 26. 1649., rose in the centre, 11.59g, 34mm (Eimer 177; MI 385/3), a handful of surface marks, otherwise a really good very fine, rare, especially in this metal

This medal was struck upon Lilburne's acquittal when he was accused of high treason for libelling Cromwell. He was punished under the monarchy, the republic, and the protectorate. At his last trial in 1657 he pleaded his own cause, and asserted that doctrine which appears upon the medal. The medal would have been a private commission, probably sponsored by Lilburne himself.

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