- 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]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Frederick Thomas Elworthy
- PRM source Somerset Archaeological Society
- PRM source Somerset County Museum, Taunton
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1905
- Date collected
- circa 1890 - 1905
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 07/1968
- 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]
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
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