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Medals & Decorations

The Ashmolean Museum has a very good collection of British historical medals, dating from the Tudor period to the present day, with particularly high concentrations for the 18th and 19th centuries. Its continental and world holdings are very diverse, with some particularly significant medals of the Italian Renaissance; Germany and the Low Countries in the Renaissance and Baroque age; the papacy; etc. The decorations are mostly British and date from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.

Modern coin (HCR152412)

Period

Modern

Person

George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Mint

Soho, Birmingham (Modern)

Denom.

Twopence

Dating

1797 (early Soho)

Modern coin (HCR152413)

Period

Modern

Person

George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Mint

Soho, Birmingham (Modern)

Denom.

Twopence

Dating

1797 (early Soho)

Modern coin (HCR152415)

Period

Modern

Person

George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Mint

Soho, Birmingham (Modern)

Denom.

Twopence

Dating

1797 (early Soho)

Modern coin (HCR152565)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler, George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Mint

Soho, Birmingham (Modern)

Denom.

Halfpenny

Dating

1797 (early Soho)

Obverse

laureate and draped bust right

Reverse

Britannia seated left

Modern coin (HCR152573)

Period

Modern

Denom.

Forty-Eigth-Rupee

Dating

1797

Obverse

balemark

Reverse

BY WISDOM AND FORCE, elephant standing left, denomination below

Modern coin (HCR152583)

Period

Modern

Denom.

Forty-Eigth-Rupee

Dating

1797

Obverse

UNITED EAST INDIA COMPANY, balemark

Reverse

BY WISDOM AND FORCE / 48 TO ONE RUPEE, elephant left, inscription above

Modern coin (HCR152611)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler, George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Mint

Soho, Birmingham (Modern)

Denom.

Farthing

Dating

1797 (early Soho)

Obverse

laureate and draped bust right

Reverse

Britannia seated left

British commemorative medal - birthday of John Philip Kemble (HCR95831)

Period

Modern

Person

J. G. Hancock, John Philip Kemble

Dating

1798

Obverse

IOHANNES PHILIPPUS KEMBLE, Draped (togate) bust of John Kemble facing, bare head turned to left

Reverse

TRAGŒDUS / ANGLICUS / AET . XLI. / MDCCXCVIII, Inscription within open wreath, masks of tragicomedy below

Untitled coin (HCR146231)

Period

Modern

Person

J. G. Hancock, John Philip Kemble

Dating

1798

Obverse

IOHANNES PHILIPPUS KEMBLE / I · G · HANCOCK SCULP AD VIVUM, Draped (togate) bust of John Kemble facing, bare head turned to left

Reverse

TRAGŒDUS / ANGLICUS / AET . XLI. / MDCCXCVIII, Inscription within open wreath, masks of tragicomedy below

Untitled coin (HCR146232)

Period

Modern

Person

J Westwood, John Philip Kemble

Dating

1798

Obverse

IOHANNES PHILIPPUS KEMBLE, Draped (togate) bust of John Kemble facing, bare head turned to left

Reverse

TRAGŒDUS / ANGLICUS / AET . XLI. / MDCCXCVIII, Inscription within open wreath, masks of tragicomedy below

Modern coin (HCR152330)

Period

Modern

Denom.

Keping

Dating

1798/1213h

Reverse

with incorrect denomination ‘Three Kepings’

Modern coin (HCR152334)

Period

Modern

Denom.

Two kepings

Dating

1798/1213h

Reverse

with incorrect denomination ‘Three Kepings’

Modern coin (HCR152337)

Period

Modern

Denom.

Three kepings

Dating

1798/1213h

British commemorative medal - Battle of the Nile (HCR152342)

Period

Modern

Person

T. Wyon the Elder

Dating

1798

Obverse

seated Victory holds medallic bust of Nelson, lion, palm tree, and harp to right, pyramid behind

Reverse

fouled anchor and shield

British commemorative medal - Battle of the Nile (HCR152343)

Period

Modern

Person

T. Wyon the Elder

Dating

1798

Obverse

seated Victory holds medallic bust of Nelson, lion, palm tree, and harp to right, pyramid behind

Reverse

fouled anchor and shield

Modern coin (HCR152414)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler, George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Denom.

Dollar

Dating

1798

Obverse

laureate bust right, first leaf points to centre of "D" in "DB"

Reverse

crowned shield

Modern coin (HCR152419)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler, George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Denom.

Guinea

Dating

1798

Obverse

laureate bust right

Reverse

crowned shield

Modern coin (HCR152420)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler, George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Denom.

Guinea

Dating

1798

Obverse

laureate bust right

Reverse

crowned shield

British commemorative medal - Battle of the Nile (HCR152538)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler

Dating

1798

Obverse

Peace holds shield with medallic portrait of Nelson

Reverse

panorama of the British fleet going into action

British commemorative medal - British Victories (HCR152539)

Period

Modern

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler, George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Dating

1798

Obverse

GEORGIUS III · D : G · MAGN · BRIT · FR · ET HIB · REX · / C . H . KÜCHLER . FEC ., armoured and draped bust of George III left

Reverse

Britannia seated right, trophy of arms behind