- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, circular metal medal, with St. George depicted slaying a dragon on one side and a boat on the other, with a copper loop for suspension. [RB 24/07/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, circular metal medal, with St. George depicted slaying a dragon on one side and a boat on the other, with a copper loop for suspension. The medal is cast in white metal, with St. George depicted in relief riding a horse and slaying a dragon on one side. There is a Latin inscription above the image which reads: 'S. GEORGIVUS EQVITVM PATRONVS'. On the other side of the medal there is an image of a boat on a stormy sea surrounded by the Latin inscription 'IN TEMPESTATE SECURITAS'. [RB 24/07/2012]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1931
- Date collected
- By 1931
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material White Metal, Material Copper Metal, Process Struck, Process Perforated, Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 27 x 20 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2286 Other numbers: 4572
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Insignia, Figure, Writing, Amulet, Medal, Pendant, Inscription
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