The Popish Plot

Triton XVII, Lot: 1528. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles II. 1660-1685. AR Medal (37mm, 25.64 g, 1h). Commemorating the Popish Plot, 1678. [By G. Bower]. • O • WHY • SO • FICKLE •, janiform head composed of monk in a cowl and a Jesuit in a biretta / BIRDS • OF • A • FEATHER • FLOCK • TOGETHER • • •, six heads. MI 579/252; Eimer 260a. EF, toned. Exceptional example.

From the Jonathan H. Kagan Collection.