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Auction 265  23 Nov 2022
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Lot 4

Estimate: 120 GBP
Price realized: 550 GBP
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Early Stuart and Civil War

Gunpowder Plot, 1605, a copper jeton, unsigned, snake gliding amongst lilies and roses, detectvs qvi latvit s c, rev. non DorMItastI antIstes IaCobI (containing chronogrammatic date), name of Jehovah in Hebrew, radiate, within a border of thorns, 30mm (MI I, 196/19; E 86). Good very fine £120-£150

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The conspiracy to blow up Parliament originated in 1604 after an Edict was passed banishing priests. The plot was revealed by an anonymous letter on 4 November, the day before it was due to assemble.
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