Great Britain, Charles II, Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, 1678, silver-gilt medal, by G. Bower, bust right, rev., figure being strangled by cravat, Pope wearing tiara behind holding Papal Bull aloft, 38.5mm (M.I. I, 577/247; Eimer 257), contained in velvet-lined shagreen case, faint field marks, extremely fine From the collection of Paul Grinke. Ex Sotheby’s, 9 March 1989, lot 106 (part).

Estimate: 200-300