British and World Coins, Historical Medals

SPAIN, Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas, 1616, a cast bronze medal, unsigned, ber card archiep tolo et hisp prim inqvis g, bust left, rev. virgini matri tvtele vrbis et orbis s a d, Virgin Mary standing beneath arch, 41mm. A later cast, holed at top otherwise fine, very rare £200-£260

Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas (1546-1618), Spanish churchman; Archbishop of Toledo 1599-1618; Grand Inquisitor of Spain 1608-18