MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.063in Dia:1.313in
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Obverse: bas-relief portrait of Reverend George Whitefield; "REVD GEORGE WHITEFIELD" around perimeter.
Reverse: female figure holding cross standing next to monument marked "DIED 30 / SEP. 1770 / AT 56"; "BY GRACE / ARE YE / SAVED" next to monument and "AN ISRAELITE INDEED A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST" around perimeter.
BOOK
Title:
Spiegazione di due rarissime medaglie cufiche della famiglia degli Ommiadi: appartenenti al Museo Majnoni in Milano
Publication:
Giulio Ferrario, Milano, 1818.
Call #:
PAM. V.1192, NO.7
BOOK
Title:
A series of medals: illustrative of the Holy Scriptures
Notes:
Dated at end: January, 1834.
Call #:
PAM. V.1216, NO.13
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:0.875in
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Obverse: bas-relief, profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin in center. "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN" around top perimeter.
Reverse: relief of eagle holding banner with "E PLURIBUS UNUM" in front of four spears.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Box dimensions Dimension:D:1.000in Dia:3.500in
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Small bronze medal affixed to the top of a round, burled wood box. Medal contains bas-relief, profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin in center with "BENJ. FRANKLIN NATUS BOSTON. XVII. JAN. MDCCVI around perimeter.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:2.000in
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Obverse: Uncle Sam and Miss Columbia dancing in the center of a red- and blue-rimmed circle. A mask, harp, and oak branches are at left, and a sword and tall grass tied with a bow are at right. "UNCLE SAM AND MISS COLUMBIA GREET YOU" around perimeter. Reverse: "Souvenir" in center with American flag draped like a curtain at top right.
BOOK
Title:
Promptvaire des medalles des plus renommees personnes qui ont esté depuis le commencement du monde: avec brieue description de leurs vies & faits, recueillie des bon auteurs : premiere-[seconde] partie
Creator:
Rouillé, Guillaume, 1518?-1589
Publication:
Chez Guillavme Roville, A Lyon, 1553.
Notes:
Running titles. T.p. of part 2 reads: Seconde partie dv promptvaire des medalles, commenceant a la natiuité de nostre Sauueur Iesus Christ, & continuant iusques au Treschrestien roy de France Henry II. du nom, a present eureusement regnant. Each part has separate pagination; signed continuously. Includes indexes.
Extent:
2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 24 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Numismata typographica, or, the medallic history of printing
Creator:
Blades, William, 1824-1890
Publication:
London, 1883.
Extent:
24 plates ; quarto.
BOOK
Title:
La science des médailles antiques et modernes: pour l'instruction des personnes qui s'appliquent à les connoître
Creator:
Jobert, Louis, 1637-1719
Publication:
Chez Jean Boudot, Paris, 1715.
Notes:
Vol. 1 has an added engraved t.p. Paged continuously. Vol. 1: [26], 264 [i.e. 268] p., IX folded leaves of plates; v. 2: [2], 265-452 [i.e. 532], [26] p., X-XI leaves of plates.
Extent:
2 v. ([26], 452 [i.e. 538], [26] p., [11] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 17 cm.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.188in Dia:2.250in
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Obverse: profile of Jacobus Berzelius; name at top and "NAT. MDCCLXXIX DEN. MDCCCXLVIII" at bottom.
Reverse: female figure and sphinx at right, winged figure holding torch at left, various symbols including scale and other instruments; "APERIT AENIGMATA CONDITA LUSTRAT" printed around top perimeter, "SOCIO LONGE NOBILISSIMO PER ANNOS XXX SECRETARIO ACAD. REG. SOIENT. SVEC" under images, and "C.G. O[Q?]VARNSTROM INV. and "P.H. LUNDGREN FEC" at rim.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:1.250in
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Obverse: crest decorated with cross and "1869"; "RABONI" and "ALL HAIL" on either side. "Mary Commandery No. 36 Knights Templar, Philadelphia, Penna" around perimeter.
Reverse: stylized wreath of half thorns, half roses; "Pilgrimage to San Francisco California August 21, 1883" at center.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:H:3.250in W:1.750in
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Straight pin is attached to red ribbon, which is attached to medal. Medal is shaped like cross with each arm bifurcated; fleurs de lis in between each arm.
Obverse: oval piece in center of cross is decorated with green wreath and blue perimeter; writing around perimeter is unintelligible.
Reverse: oval piece is decorated with male figure wearing robe and blue perimeter; writing around perimeter is unintelligible.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:H:4.000in W:1.750in
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Straight pin is attached to red ribbon, which is attached to medal. Medal is shaped like cross with each arm bifurcated; fleurs de lis in between each arm.
Obverse: oval piece is decorated with male figure.
Reverse: oval piece in center of cross is decorated with wreath.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:2.000in
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Obverse: profile portrait of Hippocrates and ascelpius/caduceus; "Hippocrate" on right, around perimeter and "E. Dubois" on left, around perimeter.
Reverse: stylized laurel/olive wreath. Center blank.