The Christopher Foley, F.S.A., Collection Of Early English Medals - 16th October 2014
Lot 142
The Gunpowder Plot
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £500
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Description
The Gunpowder Plot, Dutch silver medal or jeton, 1605, struck at Dordrecht, a serpent moves among lilies, DETECTVS QVI LATVIT SC, rev., the name יְהֹוָה, radiate design and chronogrammatic legend around, DORMITASTI ANTISTES IACOBI, 29mm (MI 196/19; vL II, 22; Dugn. 3599; Weiss Fig 7). A choice specimen, extremely fine.
The serpent depicted on the obverse is representative of the Jesuits and the piece also commemorates their expulsion from Holland.
Provenance: Bt. S. Lipton; ticket states ex. Archduke Sigismund Collection (Hess, Luzern, 1933-34).