Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 2427. Estimate $400. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002. Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, 1678. AR 39mm (29.92 gm). Circa 1790 copy by John Milton of G. Bower's original. Bust right, draped, being strangled with his own cravat by two hands / Green strangling Godfrey in the presence of the Pope, who blesses the murderer and holds up a sealed document inscribed BVLLO. Hawkins,
MI I pg. 577, 247; Eimer 257. Toned EF. ($400)