Medal - Victoria (Christopher Wren; silver) 1846 front Medal - Victoria (Christopher Wren; silver) 1846 back
Medal - Victoria (Christopher Wren; silver) 1846 photo
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Medal - Victoria Christopher Wren; silver

1846 year
Silver 105.8 g 58 mm
Description
Location
United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Queen
Victoria (1837-1901)
Type
Commemorative medals › Personality medals
Year
1846
Composition
Silver
Weight
105.8 g
Diameter
58 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#427359
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

Façade of St Paul's Cathedral

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SI MONTTMENTUM REQUIRIS CIRCUMSPICE.
CHRISTOPHER WREN ARCHITECT MDCCX.

Engraver: Benjamin Wyon

Comment

Beaulah: The reverse subject, St. Paul's Cathedral, was considered at the time to be 'one of the most successful medallic representations of a building ever executed'.