Bronze Commemorative Medal
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1675-1728
Bronze Commemorative Medal, John Friend (1675-1728) Obverse: Left-side bust of Freind with with the inscription, IOANNES. FREIND. COLL. MED. LOND. ET. REG. S.S.
(John Freind, London College of Medicine and Royal S.S). Signed: SV Reverse: Old practice of medicine (Theorizing) joined with modern practice (experimenting) with the inscription, MEDICINA. VETVS. ET. NOVA. (The Art of Healing, Old and New). Below VNAM FACIMVS VTRAMQVE (let us practice one and the other) (Dia.57mm) PROVENANCE: Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- Bronze
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 57mm
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements describe the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 204213416
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Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.