Medal Commemorating the International American Scientific Congress of Buenos Aires Artist: Unknown

1910

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

bronze

Dimensions

120.32 g, 12:00, 60 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.27765

Geography

Made in Buenos Aires

Culture

Argentinian

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: SOCIEDAD CIENTIFICA DE ARGENTINA 1872. Image of a woman waving her raised arms, holding a leafy bough in one hand and a flaming saucer in the other. Clouds in the background.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: CONGRESO CIENTIFICO INTERNACIONAL AMERICANO JULIO DE 1910 REUNIDO EN BUENOS AIRES CON MOTIVO DE LA CONMEMORACION DEL CENTENARIO DE LA REVOLUCION DE MAYO DE 1810. Large leafy boughs in the background.
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

medals

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