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Siege of Boston Medalet (Lovett's Series No. 2)
Designed and engraved by: Robert Lovett, Jr (American, active about 1860)
1775–76
Object Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 32 mm, 11.63 gm (1 1/4 in., 0.41 oz.)
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.255
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Baker 50A; Storer 355
DescriptionObv: Inscribed GEO. WASHINGTON 1776 above a mounted figure of Washington at Dorchester Heights and surrounded by a beaded rim.
Rev: Inscribed SIEGE OF (curved) / BOSTON / 1775-6 (curved) within a wreath, with LOVETT'S SERIES NO.2. PHILADA: below, the whole surrounded by a beaded rim.
Edge: Reeded.
Rev: Inscribed SIEGE OF (curved) / BOSTON / 1775-6 (curved) within a wreath, with LOVETT'S SERIES NO.2. PHILADA: below, the whole surrounded by a beaded rim.
Edge: Reeded.