Lead Medal of Heraclius, France. 1941.95.1

Physical Description

• Axis: 2

• Measurements

  • Diameter (in mm): 93

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal
• Manufacture: Cast
• Material: Lead

• Geographic

  • Place of Issue: Burgundy (Uncertain value)
  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: France

• Obverse

  • Portrait: Heraclius

References

• Reference: Hill.Dreyfus Coll.p.238, 525
• Reference: Armand.v.2.p.8
• Reference: NC.v.10(1910).p.110ff.
• Reference: Currency of Fame. p.32-37, 2

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1941.95.1
• Lot: 1941.95
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • Kingsley, J.M. Jr.
  • Hunt, J. N.

Description

Franco-Flemish Burgundian or N. French school of late 14th c.; medal of the type known to have been in the collection of Jean, Duc de Berry; note with the medal reads "Dr. J.N. Hunt, Kings Medical Society"; this example said by Dr. Berliner, of Providence Museum, to be early 17th c. copy; this specimen is missing the word .A(Pi)O(lambda)INIC, recorded on other example; the style of the lettering is slightly different, as well.

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
• Rights: Copyright Undetermined