Bronze Medal of Jones, John Paul, Philadelphia, PA. 1987.147.172

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1987.147.172

Obverse: JOANNI PAVLO JONES CLASSIS PRAEFECTO. / COMITIA AMERICANA. - Bust of Jones, right.

Reverse: HOSTIVM NAVIBUS CAPTIS AVT FVGATIS / AD ORAM SCOTIAE XXIII. SEPT. / M.DCCLXXVIIII. - A naval battle between the USS Bonhomme Richard and HMS Serapis.

Physical Description

Measurements
- Weight (in gr.): 107.68
- Diameter (in mm): 57

Typological Description

Object Type: Medal
Date on Object
- Date: 1779
Material: Bronze
Authority
- Maker: United States Mint
Geographic
- Place of Cataloging Relevance: United States
- Place of Production: Philadelphia (Pa.)
Obverse
- Portrait: Jones, John Paul

References

Reference: Betts.1894.568
Reference: Julian.1977.NA-1

Administrative History

Identifier: 1987.147.172
Lot: 1987.147
Department: Medals and Decorations
Collection: American Numismatic Society
Provenance
- Victor D. Brenner / David R. Lit

Description

US dies, post 1863; Dupre's name is omitted from both obverse and reverse; period omitted after FVGATIS on reverse.

Rights

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

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Bronze Medal of Jones, John Paul, Philadelphia, PA. 1987.147.172

Physical Description

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Typological Description

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Authority

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