Image: Post-Medieval Medal (FindID 742284)
Description: Copper alloy medal. Milled disc advertising, commemorating or honouring J. G. Canning MP (1770-1827), who among other political achievements was a notable Parliamentary orator and a very short-term holder of Prime Ministerial office. Obverse description: Bust collared and jacketed left. Obverse inscription: JOHN GEORGE CANNING MP Reverse description: Book open at a text, now illegible, with laurel leaves below. Faint traces of an illegible circumferential inscription. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1820-1830. Diameter: 24mm, Thickness: 1.2mm, Weight: 4.15gms, die axis: 6
Title: Post-Medieval Medal
Credit: https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/534043 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/534043/recordtype/artefacts archive copy Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/742284
Author: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, 2015-09-24 16:17:10
Permission: Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 20 November 2020)
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
License: CC BY 2.0
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