Bronze Medal of FitzGerald, James, 1st Duke of Leinster, Great Britain. 1970.156.680

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 11.212
  • Diameter (in mm): 36

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1755
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze

• Geographic

  • Place of Issue: Ireland
  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: Great Britain

• Obverse

  • Legend: PROSPERITY TO IRELAND
  • Type: a harp
  • Portrait: FitzGerald, James, 1st Duke of Leinster

• Reverse

  • Legend: TOCH NOT SAYS KILDARE
  • Type: the Earl of Kildare preventing a hand from snatching money from a table

References

• Reference: Hawkins.2.391

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1970.156.680
• Lot: 1970.156
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • Rogasner, Donald Jay

Description

Rights

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