Great Britain, Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey AR Medal. AD 1678. Unsigned by G. Bower. Godfrey walking to left in the countryside after being strangled by his cravat; GODFREY • WALKS • VP HIL • AFTER • HEE • IS • DEAD, ERGO PARES across upper field, PRO: in exergue / The cephalophoric St Denis walking to left in the countryside after his martyrdom, holding his nimbate head in his hands; DENNYS • WALKS • DOWNEHIL • CARRYING • HIS HEAD, SVMVS above, PA in exergue. MI p. 579, 251; Fearon 129.3. 22.28g, 39mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private European collection.