Obverse: profile portrait of Daniel Garrison Brinton; name at top and "M.D.C. / XCV" on left, "C.C. / III." on right (1898); also on left is maker's mark and "PARIS / JOHN FLANAGAN" Reverse: crest with axes at top left, cross at top right, Asian coin at bottom left, and sphinx at bottom right; owl tops crest; "The . Numismatic . AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY OF Philadelphia" around perimeter and "VESTICIA RERUM SEQUI" on left, "M.D.C.C.C.LVIII" on right.