The Gunpowder Plot

917170.

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STUART. James I. 1603-1625. AR Medal (29mm, 6.83 g, 12h). The Discovery and Failure of the Gunpowder Plot. Struck by the Dutch Republic. Dated 1605 in chronogram on reverse. (rosette) DETECTVS · QVI · LATVIT · S · C · (the concealed one is discovered), snake (the Jesuits) coiled rightward, surrounded by roses (England) and lis (France) / (rosette) NON DORMITASTI ANTISTES IACOBI (you, the keeper of James, have not slept, –adapted from Psalms), rayed name of God in Hebrew. MI 196/19; Eimer 86; Dugnoille 3599. Good VF, toned. Very rare silver issue.