The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals | Capture of Sardinia and Minorca, AR Medal, 1708, by John Croker, ANNA • D : G : MAG : BRI : FRA : ET • HIB : REG :, draped bust left, rev. SARDINIA : ET • BALEARIS MINOR • CAPTAE, Victory standing on a conch floating in the sea; on either side, beyond, are two islands, MDCCVIII • in exergue, edge plain, 40mm, 21.97g, 12h (Eimer 434; MI ii 329/157; MH 1919, 146), light scratch above hair fillet and ink staining in reverse field, nevertheless toned under somewhat darkened surfaces and lustrous, near extremely fine
Provenance
The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals
Spink, by private treaty, c. 1965 - EF - £6.10.0