Titus Oates and the Popish Plot

Titus Oates and the Popish Plot, silver medal, 1678, by G. Bower, janiform heads of a monk and a Jesuit, first in cowl, other a biretta, O WHY SO FICKLE, rev., cluster of seven faces with, it is believed, Charles II in centre, BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER, 36.5mm (MI 579/252; Eim. 260; Weiss Fig 8). Very fine, rare.

Provenance: Ex. Dix, Noonan, Webb Auction, 15 March, 2011 (lot 1041); Bt. Mrs. I. Allen, September, 1995.