Bronze Medal, United States. 2000.1.96

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/2000.1.96

Physical Description

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 135.369
    • Diameter (in mm): 70

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Medal

  • Date on Object

    • Date: 1913
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Bronze

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: Around circumference, circular legend: * SOURCE OF MUSIC AND SONG- OCEANOS-VORTEX OF BEING* WELLSPRING OF LIFE*HIGHWAY OF NATIONS
    • Type: One nude male and female figure wth arms outstretched rotating around a swirling vortex

  • Reverse

    • Type: Within wreath head of Oceanus rising from the water: below a sea shell

  • Edge

    • Description: DAVIRON PHILA

References

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 2000.1.96
  • Lot: 2000.1
  • Department: Medals and Decorations
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Friedenberg, Daniel M.

Rights

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