- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet silver coin, one side with a winged figure and inscription, the other side with a papal figure and associated emblems and inscription. Perforated at on side for suspension. [RH [OPS move] 14/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1758
- Date collected
- By 1985
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Process Perforated, Process Cast, Process Struck
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 1 mm, Diameter: max 25 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.126
Search terms: Currency, Religion, Ornament, Amulet, Pendant, Coin
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