Triton XVII, Lot: 1526. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles II. 1660-1685. AR Medal (38mm, 30.26 g, 6h). Commemorating the Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, 1678. [By G. Bower]. MORIENDO • RESTITVIT • REM • E • GODFREY, bareheaded and draped bust right, being strangled by two detached hands holding cord. Edge: CERVICE • FRACTA • FIDEM • SVSTVLIT • ATLAS • XNS • 1678 (design of five pellets) / TANTVM • RELIGIO • POTVIT •, Pope standing slightly right, holding a bull inscribed BVLLO and blessing the scene of a man, prostrate, being strangled by another man. MI 577/247; Eimer 257a. EF, toned. Exceptional contemporary strike.

From the Jonathan H. Kagan Collection.