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Award Powis Medal, bronze
| Location | United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
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| Year | 1871 |
| Type | Award medal |
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| Obverse description | High-relief bare-headed bust of Virgil in right profile, rendered in a classical idealized style, occupying the central field. The legend is arranged in two arcs to either side of the bust, with VIRGILIUS inscribed below in the exergue area. A engraver's signature appears at the truncation of the neck. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The quartered heraldic arms of Cambridge University displayed on a shield in high relief, surrounded by a wreath of ivy leaves and stems tied at the base. A beaded inner border frames the shield and wreath, with a circular Latin legend running along the outer margin of the field. |
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