The Dr Jerome J. Platt Collection of 17th-Century Medals

Gunpowder Plot, 1605, a copper jeton, unsigned, snake gliding amongst lilies and roses, detectvs qvi latvit s c, rev. non DorMItastI antIstes IaCobI (containing chronogrammatic date), name of Jehovah in Hebrew, radiate, within a border of thorns, 30mm (MI I, 196/19; E 86). Good very fine £120-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Dr Jerome J. Platt Collection of 17th-Century Medals.

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Bt Spink 1976

The conspiracy to blow up Parliament originated in 1604 after an Edict was passed banishing priests. The plot was revealed by an anonymous letter on 4 November, the day before it was due to assemble.