Queen Dido, Queen of Carthage
Category
Coins and medals
Date
1701 - 1800
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
43 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 583473
Summary
A medal inscribed Queen Dido around the obverse, enclosing the head of the Queen; the reverse bears a view of a city, presumably Carthage. An eighteenth century pseudo-classical bronze.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Marks and inscriptions
Queen Dido (obverse)