Medal - Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey ND (1678) front Medal - Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey ND (1678) back
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Medal - Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey ND

1678 year
Silver 30.14 g 39 mm
Description
Location
England (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
King
Charles II (1660-1685)
Type
Commemorative medals › Personality medals
Year
1678
Composition
Silver
Weight
30.14 g
Diameter
39 mm
Shape
Round
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#383851
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Green strangling Godfrey in the presence of the Pope blessing the murderer and holding up a sealded document

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TANTVM•VM•RELLIGIO•POTVIT
BVLLO

Translation: Such could religion do

Engraver: George Bower

Edge

Inscribed

Script: Latin

Lettering: CERVICE . FRACTA . FIDEM . SVSTVLIT . ATLAS . XNS. 1678

Translation: The Christian Atlas sustained the Faith with a broken neck