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Medal - George III James Caulfield
| Location | Ireland |
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| Year | 1786 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A helmeted allegorical female figure, personifying Art or Minerva, is seated left in the field, holding the Irish crowned harp shield in her left hand and a stylus or pen in her right. Books, scrolls, and a lyre are strewn at her feet, with scientific instruments to the right and a ruined tower to the left. The engraver's signature MOSSOP. P appears at the base of the central scene, and the date and institution inscription occupy the lower exergue. |
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| Reverse lettering | VETERES REVOCAVIT ARTES. ACAD . REG . HIB . INST . JAN . 28 MDCCLXXXVI. (Translation: It has revived old arts) |
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