Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum

1968.13.171

Medal showing Saint George and the dragon on one side and a ship on the other, with inscriptions. [El.B 13/11/2008]


1968.13.171

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Medal showing Saint George and the dragon on one side and a ship on the other, with inscriptions. [El.B 13/11/2008]
Long description
The inscription around Saint George reads 'GEORGIUS EQUITUM PATRONUS' (George, patron saint of horsemen or knights). The inscription around the ship reads 'IN TEMPESTATE SECURITAS' (In the storm or tempest, safety). [El.B 13/11/2008]
Geographical reference
Rome
Cultural groups
Italian
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1905
Date collected
circa 1890 - 1905
Acquisition information
Loaned: 07/1968
Materials and processes
Material Metal, Process Cast
Dimensions
Diameter: max 37 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1968.13.171
Research and responses

Relevant publications: The Evil Eye, an Account of this Ancient and Widespread Superstition, by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, London. John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1895. Horns of Honour and Other Studies in the By-ways of Archaeology, by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, London, John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1900. [GI 30/4/2001]

Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Insignia, Amulet, Medal