- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, oval medal with suspension loop. On one face St. Luke and the legend 'S. LUCCA PRECATE PER NOI'; on the other the ?Virgin and Child and the legend 'AUXILIUM.CHRISTIANORUM'. [CW [OPS move] 22/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1901
- Date collected
- circa 1901 - 1902
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Process Struck, Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 1 mm, Height: max 35 mm, Width: max 24 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.443
Search terms: Religion, Insignia, Ornament, Writing, Figure, Medal, Amulet, Religious Object, Pendant, Inscription
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