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Object Type
Museum number: 1925,0310.5
Description: Cast lead medal with suspension loop. Aftercast. (whole); Bust of an elderly Angelo Cato, tonsured and undraped. Border of large pearls. (obverse); Apollo is standing beneath a laurel-tree, he is draped but his left side is bare. With his right hand he places a wreath on his head and with his left he is holding a lyre. Behind the tree is a swan and hanging from a branch a bow and quiver. In field are two bound books with markers hanging from them, underneath the books is a leaf on a long stalk. (reverse)
Producer name
Production date: 1482-1495
Production place: Made in: Italy
Materials
Technique: cast; looped
Dimensions: Diameter: 86 millimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: cleric; allegory/personification; classical deity; arms/armour; book/newspaper
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Angelo Cato; Representation of: Apollo
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1925
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1925,0310.5
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: Hill, 338b
C&M catalogue number: MI1 (Hill 1930) (84) (338) (B)

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