The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals | Archbishop Sandcroft and the Bishops, Cast and Chased AR Medal, 1688, after George Bower, GVIL • SANCROFT • ARCHIEPISC • CANTVAR • 1688, wearing cap and clerical robed, bust right, rev. seven medallions containing the portraits of the bishops, stars between, 50mm, 26.26g, 12h (Eimer 288B; MI i 622/37), scratch to obverse field right of bust, with dark and somewhat patchy surfaces, yet hints of lustre beneath, good very fine
Provenance
The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals
SCMB, February 1968, M332 - 'a contemporary cast and chased copy of the medal by Bower, produced to meet popular demand, interesting, EF - £8.10.0