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Post-Medeieval Commemorative Medal of Victoria
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North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, 2014-04-11 09:07:58
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Post-Medeieval Commemorative Medal of Victoria
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English: Copper alloy Medal. Pressed metal commemorative medal celebrating the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria (1897), of concavo-convex form. On the obverse a legend in Roman capitals is carried horizontally over the arms of a Maltese cross with a cushion crown and the date: 18 97 in a central oval panel, all on a plain ground. The obverse [convex side] legend reads: TO COMMEMORATE/THE//60th/YEAR/OF THE//REIGN/OF/H.M.//QUEEN/VICTORIA.

The reverse presents a crowned and draped profile of Victoria left in the central panel; above is the Union flag and the Royal Standard flanking a monogram combining the letters VRI [possibly for Victoria Regina Imperatrixque]; below a swag of shamrock, roses, oak leaf and thistle and the legend VICTORIA/THE GOOD; left swags of Rose and laurel and the date 1837; right, a swag of oak leaves and the date 1897.

Height: 36.9mm, Width: 36.5mm, Thickness: 1.17mm, Weight: 7.28gms
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date 1897
date QS:P571,+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 610832
Old ref: NLM-68E416
Filename: NLM25157.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/464421
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/464421
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/610832
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