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A small, thin silver disk. In the center are seven convex circular protrusions (one in the center surrounded symmetrically by the six others) that appear like balls set within individual depressions. There are other less uniform depressions surrounding the center design. An incised line runs around the circumference.
Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp Art Medal 28/100, based on Sink Stopper (Bouche Évier), 1964
1967
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family
1997/1.122
A medallion necklace.  The medallion is round with eight pendants hanging off of it. The necklace is decorated with shades of orange, blue, green, and yellow.
African (African (general, continental cultures))
Necklace with Round Medallion
20th century
Gift of Denise Miner Stanford
2010/2.14
The front (obverse) of this medal represents a portrait of a man in profile wearing a papal tiara and a cope. The reverse depicts a city square dominated by an obelisk with a pair of identical domed churches in the background. Inscriptions run around the edge of the medal on both sides.
Gioacchino Travani
Pope Alexander VII (obverse), and the Piazzo del Popolo (reverse)
1662
Museum Purchase
1984/1.282
A brass medallion with the image of a lion standing on top of a crown stamped in raised relief on the top of the piece.
African (African (general, continental cultures))
Medallion with Lion and Crown
1900 – 1985
Gift of Doran H. Ross
2010/1.177
The front (obverse) of this medal depicts the profile portrait of a man with a tonsure, wearing a cope adorned with acorns and oak leaves and a large clasp. An inscription runs around the border. The reverse represents a bridge spanning a river enclosed within a border of oak leaves. An inscription appears above the balustrade of the bridge.
Lysippus
Pope Sixtus IV (obverse), and the Ponte Sisto (reverse)
1473
Museum Purchase
1984/1.285
A profile portrait of a man with a laurel wreath in his hair.
Artist Unknown
Study of Louis XV Bust for a Gold Medal (1767)
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2013/2.546
A brass madallion with the image of a lion stamped into the metal in raised relief surrounded by abstract, rope-like patterns.
African (African (general, continental cultures))
Medallion with Lion Head
1900 – 1985
Gift of Doran H. Ross
2010/1.178
The front (obverse) of the medal presents a profile portrait of a bearded man wearing a cassock, cap, and stole. The reverse depicts a bridge spanning a river. A winged figure flies above the bridge blowing a trumpet, while a nude male figure reclines below the bridge in the foreground and a wolf nurses at his feet. Inscriptions run around both the border edge of both sides of the medal.
Nicolas-François Chéron
Pope Clement IX (obverse), and the Ponte Sant' Angelo (reverse)
1669
Museum Purchase
1984/1.284
The obverse of this medal depicts a profile portrait of a man with a tonsure. The reverse represents a man holding a cross-staff piloting a boat labeled "Eclesia" along the gunwale. Both sides of the medal have inscriptions around the edge.
Andrea Guacioloti
Pope Nicholas V (obverse), Nicholas V in the Ship "Eclesia" (reverse)
1455
Museum Purchase
1984/1.283
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