Medal - 800th Anniversary of Death of Thomas Becket bronze
Features
| Location |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | James Chase & Sons |
| Queen |
Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
|
| Type | Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1970 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 55.12 g |
| Diameter | 50.5 mm |
| Thickness | 3.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 458446 |
| References | Eimer# 2122 Christopher Eimer. British Commemorative Medals and their Values. London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
800th Anniversary of Death of Thomas Becket
Obverse
The first post-Reformation seal of Canterbury Cathedral as refunded under the Royal charter of 1541, after the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Script: Latin
Lettering: EGO SUM VIA VERITAS ET VITA. ANNO INCARNATI CHRISTI 1540
Translation: I am the Way the Truth and the Life. In the year of Christ Incarnate 1540
Designer: Nicholas Wilson
Reverse
The first seal of the Abbey of Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
Script: Latin
Lettering: IN COMMEN: 29 DECEMBER 1170-1970. SANCTUS THO
Designer: Nicholas Wilson
Edge
Plain
Mint
Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)Comments
Similar to the silver version.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| 1970 | |||||||||||||||
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