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Medal - Victoria Benjamin Brodie
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1841 |
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| Reference(s) | BHM#2003, Eimer#1359 |
| Obverse description | High-relief truncated bust of Benjamin Brodie facing left, with finely detailed curly hair, set within a plain recessed field. The name BRODIE appears vertically in the right field, and the engraver's signature W. WYON. R.A. is inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | BRODIE / W. WYON. R.A. |
| Reverse description | A partially draped female allegorical figure kneeling and facing left, her upper body bare, lighting or tending an ornate oil lamp atop a decorative columnar pedestal entwined with serpents and bearing a relief figure at its base; a jug stands at the foot of the column. A Latin legend surrounds the upper field, with a two-line inscription and the Roman numeral date MDCCCXLI in the lower exergue. The engraver's signature W. WYON. R.A. appears in the lower field. |
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