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Socrates (Plato reverse)

Designed by: Ivan Mestrovic (1883–1962)
Struck by: Medallic Art Company (1900–1990)
Distributed by: Society of Medalists (founded in 1930)
1954
Mint: New York, New York, United States

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Overall: Diam: 7.3 x 0.5 cm (2 7/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Katharine Lane Weems
Accession Number1989.527
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismaticsMedals

Catalogue Raisonné SOM Issue 50
DescriptionObv: Socrates sitting and speaking with three other men / SOCRATES DISCUSSING WITH HIS DISCIPLES / [monogram]
Rev: Plato sitting and writing on a tablet with a figure to his left / THE PHILOSOPHER IN THE GRIP OF INSPIRATION / [monogram] ©
Edge: THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS 50TH ISSUE - NOVEMBER 1954 IVAN MESTROVIC, SC. / MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. BRONZE
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