C Medal, United States. 2001.11.82

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 13.907
  • Diameter (in mm): 33.3

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal
• Material: C

• Authority

  • Artist: Christie, Edward L.
  • Issuer: "Constellation" Committee

• Geographic

  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: United States

• Obverse

  • Legend: U. S. FRIGATE CONSTELLATION/in ex: 1797
  • Type: Ship at sea

• Reverse

  • Legend: THIS COIN STRUCK/FROM PARTS OF THE/FRIGATE/ CONSTELLATION/THE FIRST SHIP/OF THE U.S. NAVY
  • Type: Eagle holding shield, canons on either side of inscription

Administrative History

• Identifier: 2001.11.82
• Lot: 2001.11
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Rights

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