- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, round brass medal with suspension loop. [MJD (Verve) 12/9/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet, round brass medal with suspension loop.On obverse the Virgin & Child and the legend 'ADVOCATA SENENSIUM'; on reverse a device and the legend 'IPSA CONTERET CAPUT TUUM'. [MJD (Verve) 12/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1902
- Date collected
- circa 1902
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Process Struck, Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Length: max 38 mm, Width: max 30 mm, Thick: max 5 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.272
Search terms: Insignia, Religion, Ornament, Writing, Figure, Medal, Amulet, Religious Object, Pendant, Inscription
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