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Award - George III Chancellor's Prize Medal, silver
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1768 |
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| Period | 18th century |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Allegorical scene in high relief depicting a robed scholar standing left, being crowned with a laurel wreath by a winged putto hovering above, while a female figure representing the Muse stands to the right holding a lyre. A ribbon banner above the putto bears the motto DETUR DIGNISSIMO. The engraver's signature I·KIRK·F· appears at lower left. A two-line Latin inscription in the exergue below a ground line records the auspices of the Duke of Grafton as Chancellor of Cambridge University. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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