Museum
non-Shakespeare medal
Description
A bronze Milton commemorative medal struck by Jean Dassier, c. 1730.
A bronze Milton commemorative medal struck by Jean Dassier, c. 1730.
STRST : SBT L1959-3/16
1730 (c.)
4.4 cm 1.75 in. (approx)
inscription : : obverse : bust of Milton three-quarter face to right : IOANNES MILTON, inscription : : reverse : Adam and Eve in dejection before the tree of knowledge, serpent in tree above, cherubim [?] in background with [left] wolves preying on sheep etc. : DIRA DULCE CANIT ALTER HOMERUS [another Homer sings sweetly of awesome things] I.D.,