Preview
Creation Date
1802
Medium
White medal coin
Dimensions
1.5 x 1.5
Credit Line
Long-term Loan from the Estate of Boris Blick, 2015
Accession Number
2015.160.7
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
Exergue of the coin states "Definitive Treaty Concluded 1802."
Description
Peace of Amiens coin with the a bust of Marquis Cornwallis on obverse and the statement "Marquis Cornwallis British Plenipotentiary At Amiens." The reverse features Britannia seated next to a cherub and holding a tablet. A medallion of George III is in her lap. "Post Nubila Phoebus" is written around the scene.