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216, Lot: 537. Estimate $100.
Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ORANGE. William III. 1694-1702. AR Medal (58mm, 88.9 g, 12h). Commemorating the assassination plot of 1696. Jan Boskam, medallist. Restrike. Radiate bust of William III right; his breast is covered with a shield bearing the name of Jehovah in Hebrew, and the motto NON · LÆDITVR · QVEM · TEGO / Six female figures armed with daggers, torches, and snakes, restrained by cords tied round their heads, the ends of which are held by a hand concealed in the clouds. Hawkins 413; Eimer -. EF, scrape in obverse field. Includes case.


The restrike medal commemorates the failure of the conspiracy, led by Sir George Barclay, to assassinate the King near Turnham Green.