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Issuer:
London Corresponding Society
(Struck in the name of)
Manufacturer:
Skidmore, John
(Inferred)
Image(height): 28.75 mm
Image(width): 29.04 mm
Method of acquisition: Loan (1941-05-22) by Girton College
Production date: AD 1795
Milled edge
Object composed of copper
Inscription present: Illustration of the fable of the bundle of sticks, with four robed men standing in conversation with the bundle on ground before them
Inscription present: Dove flying left with olive-spray in bill, date in exergue
Accession number: CM.GC.27-R
Primary reference Number: 164261
Dalton & Hamer: 286
Othernumber: 111-1941
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Coins and Medals
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Halfpenny" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/164261 Accessed: 2024-11-25 14:05:14
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University of Cambridge}}
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