Silver - 28th October 2009

Lot 239

Archbishop Sancroft and the Seven Bishops

Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £180

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Description

Archbishop Sancroft and the Seven Bishops, a struck silver medal, 1688, by George Bower, bust of Sancroft right, wearing cap and robes, rev medallion portraits of the bishops around that of the Bishop of London, lettered edge, 51mm (Medallic Illustrations 622/37). Pierced and with ring for suspension, nearly very fine. ** George Bower (d. 1690), silversmith and medallist, worked in London from 1650, engraver at Royal Mint, 1664.