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Medal - "Athena and Me"
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Art medal |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio bust of Athena in profile to the left, wearing a crested Attic helmet with elaborately rendered plume and cheekguard. The legend ANEHTA appears in the field to the upper left, rendered in reversed characters as an intentional artistic conceit referencing the intaglio technique. |
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| Obverse lettering | ANEHTA |
| Reverse description | Relief depiction of the medallist Vaughan bent over her work, engraving or modelling a medal held in both hands. An owl, symbol of Athena, perches prominently on her right shoulder and faces the viewer. The composition fills the circular field with no legend. |
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