- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, Greek brass medal. [JC [OPS Move] 01/03/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet, Greek brass medal. The obverse depicts two adults and a baby with the inscription 'ΓΕΝΝΗΣΙΣ' (Genesis), and the reverse depicts a baptism scene with the inscription “ΒΑΠΤΙΣΙΣ” (Baptism). There is a small perforated lug for suspension. [JC [OPS Move] 01/03/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Date collected
- By 1928
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Process Struck, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 1 mm, Diameter: max 22 mm, Length: max 25 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.60 Other numbers: A 70428 R 30020
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