© Stacks Bowers
© Stacks Bowers
Medal - Victoria Westminster Abbey ND
1840 year| Pewter | 27.2 g | 43 mm |
| Location | United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
|---|---|
| Queen | Victoria (1837-1901) |
| Type | Medals › Art medals |
| Year | 1840 |
| Composition | Pewter |
| Weight | 27.2 g |
| Diameter | 43 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Updated | 2024-11-14 |
| Numista | N#425800 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 100% |
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Script: Latin
Lettering: ABBEY WESTMINSTER WAS FOUNDER BYSEBERT KING OF THE EAST SAXONSABOUT 6:08 WAS DESTROYED BYTHE DANES IN THETIMEOF ALFRED.IT WAS REBUILT & ESTABLISHED A BENEDICTINE PRIORYBY EDGARIN 9583YED WITHE CONFES SOR IN 10630 BY HENRYONGINESEQUENT KINGS UNTILITS COMPLETIONE THEADDITION OF THE SPLENDID CHAPELOT HENRY VIIM THE MONASTERY WAS SURRENDERED TO HENRYVIN WHO FIRST CONVERTED ITINTOA COLLEGE OF SEGULAR CANONS BUTAFTERWARDS ESTABLISHED ABISHOPRIGAND MADETHE ABBEY CHURCH.THE CATHEDRALOFTHE DIOGESS EDWARD VI RESTOR ED THE COLLEGE, WHICH WASAGAIN CONVERTED BYMARYOTO ITS ORIGINAL APPROPRIATION OFAN ABBEY AND ELIZABETH FINALLY DISSOLVED THAT INSTITUTIONN AND REESTABLISHED ITAS A COLLEGIATE CHURCH
