- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, made from a silver Danish coin, with a loop for suspension. There are Hebrew characters on the obverse. [CW [OPS move] 14/9/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1600-1700
- Date collected
- 1912
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Material Gilt Metal, Process Struck, Process Inscribed, Process Gilded
- Dimensions
- Height: max 37 mm, Height: max 3 mm, Diameter: max 33 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.637
Search terms: Currency, Writing, Religion, Ornament, Amulet, Inscription, Pendant, Coin
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