Love token - Altar of love
Title
Love token - Altar of love
Subject
Numismatic object
Description
Image of a copper coin rubbed smooth and engraved with image of woman and altar of love.
Side one: grieving woman kneeling besides altar with burning torch on top and tree to side. Highlighted in white.
Side two: as minted trade token.
Side one: grieving woman kneeling besides altar with burning torch on top and tree to side. Highlighted in white.
Side two: as minted trade token.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Maidstone Museum Love token collection, Kent, England
Date
Unknown
Contributor
Rev. R.W.H. Acworth
Rights
Maidstone Museum, Kent, England
Format
Copper coin
Identifier
M035
Coverage
Eighteenth/ early nineteenth century
Original Format
Copper halfpenny trade token - London and Middlesex
Physical Dimensions
28mm
- Date Added
- November 29, 2011
- Collection
- Maidstone Museum
- Item Type
- Still Image
- Tags
- copper, death, halfpenny, separation, trade token
- Citation
- Unknown, “Love token - Altar of love,” When this you see remember me, accessed May 18, 2024, https://lovetokens.omeka.net/items/show/37.