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Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 8  20 Sep 2017
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Lot 398

Estimate: 300 GBP
Price realized: 450 GBP
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Commemorative Medals, William Laud (1573-1645), Archbishop of Canterbury, trial and execution, silver memorial medal, by John Roettier, struck after the Restoration, bust r., in ecclesiastical robes and hat, GVIL. LAVD. ARCHIEPPISC. CANTVAR. X. IAN. 1644., rev. infant genii hold crown and mitre over London river panorama, SANCTI. CAROLI. PRÆCVRSOR., 58mm. (MI.315/147; Eimer 145; Platt II, pp. 189-90; vL.II, 273; Foley 270), usual die flaw below bust, extremely fine
Laud was arrested in 1640 but his trial did not begin till 12 March 1644. Found guilty of treason, he was executed on Tower Hill on 10 January, 1645.
The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals (300-400 GBP)
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