Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Castorland medal
Object Number:
INV.10686
Date:
1796 or later
Medium:
Bronze; paper
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/8 in. ( 3.5 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, below truncation, at right: "DUV"
Inscription: reverse, below exergual line: "D.V."
Inscription: edge, at lower center: "BRONZE"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing draped female head (Cybele) facing left, crowned with tiara and laurel wreath; surrounding legend: "FRANCO-AMERICANA COLONIA"; inscription in exergue: "CASTOR LAND/1796." Reverse shows allegorical female figure of abundance holding cornucopia with stack of wheat at left and tree at right; image of lion in exergue; with legend: "SALVE MAGNA PARENS FRUGUM".
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
