Watch List notes:

Commemorative Medals, James II, Stability of the Anglican church and the Trial of the Seven Bishops, cast silver medal, 1688, of Dutch manufacture, a Catholic priest and Jesuit monk with spade and pickaxe, attempt to undermine a church which is supported by a hand issuing from heaven, THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAILE, rev. a cherub overlooks medallic portraits of the seven bishops, each of whom is named, WISDOM HATH BVILDED HER HOVS SHE HATH HEWEN OVT HER 7 PILLERS, 58mm. (MI.625/42, illus.; Eimer 289; D. Fearon, Seven Bishops on Trial, The Antique Collector, July 1987, pp.41-45, fig.19), an excellent cast with some light tooling and sharp details, good very fine and rare
(300-400 GBP)