Silver Medal, Pennsylvania. 1969.47.2

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1969.47.2

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Obverse: SAMSON CARRYING AWAY THE GATES OF GAZA - Samson with the gates of Gaza
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Reverse: AND IT WAS TOLD THAT GAZITES SAYING SAMSON IS COME HITHER, AND THEY... LAID WAIT FOR HIM ALL NIGHT IN THE GATE OF THE CITY, AND SAMSON... AROSE AT MIDNIGHT, AND TOOK THE DOORS OF THE GATE OF THE CITY AND THE TWO POSTS AND WENT AWAY WITH THEM BAR AND ALL AND PUT THEM UPON HIS SHOULDERS. JUDGES 16:2.3 - a passage taken from Judges 16:2.3

Physical Description

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 41.02
    • Diameter (in mm): 45

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Medal
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Silver

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Edge

    • Description: THE FRANKLIN MINT VERSION OF THE THOMASON MEDALLIC BIBLE-STERLING SILVER PROOF EDITION 0004

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1969.47.2
  • Lot: 1969.47
  • Department: Medals and Decorations
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Franklin Mint

Description

copy of a Thomason medal

Subjects

  • Category: thomason biblical series

Rights

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

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