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Medal - Edmond Halley

Object

Medal

Production date

1744

Object number

1991.690

Physical Description

Bronze, circular, portrait of astronomer Edmond Halley.

Object history

Edmond Halley was born in 1656 at Haggerston, Shoreditch.

Dimension

Circumference: 53mm
Depth: 4mm

On display?

No

Inscription

Edmundus Hally
Astronomus Regis Magnae Brittaniae MDCCXLIV