103281 | GREAT BRITAIN. The Adoration of the Wise Men white metal Medal.

103281  |  GREAT BRITAIN. The Adoration of the Wise Men white metal Medal. Issued circa 1830. Medallic Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures series: the Adoration of the Wise Men (73mm, 117.91 g, 12h). By Sir Edward Thomasen in Birmingham.

 

THE ADORATION OF THE WISE MEN, the three magi, or wise men, left, presenting their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the infant Christ to left, held by the Virgin Mary and surrounded by Joseph; radiant star of Bethlehem in sky above // THE GENERATIONS FROM ABRA- / HAM TO DAVID WERE 14, FROM DAVID / TO THE CARRYING AWAY INTO BABYLON 14, / AND FROM THAT TIME TO CHRIST 14, / IN THE REIGN OF HEROD KING OF JUDEA LI- / VED THE PRIEST ZACHARIAS AND HIS WIFE ELIZ- / ABETH BOTH OF THE TRIBE OF LEVI WITHOUT ISSUE, / WHILST ZACHARIAS WAS EFFICIATING THE ANGEL GA- / BRIEL INFORMD HIM THAT GOD INTENDED TO BLESS / THEM WITH A SON FORETELLING AT THE SAME-TIME / THAT HE SHOULD PREACH THE BAPTISM ON REPENTANCE / FOR THE REMISSION OE SINS.TIE ANCEL GABRIEL WAS / ALSO SENT UPON AN ERRAND TO A VIRGIN NAMED MARY / A COUSIN OF ELIZABETH IN NAZARETH SHE WAS ESPOUSED / TO JOSEPH BOTH OF THE HOUSE OE DAVID. HE SALUTES HER / BLESS'D ART THOU AMONG WOMEN FOR GOD HATH DECREED / YOU TO BE THE MOTHER OF THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD. / AN ANGEL INFORMED JOSEPH THAT THAT WHICH WAS / CONCEIVED IN MARY WAS OF THE HOLY GHOST, AND / THAT SHE SHOULD BRING FORTH A SON WHOSE NAME / SHOULD BE CALLED JESUS. AT THAT TIME AUGUST / US CÆSAR ISSUED A DECREE TO TAKE AN ACCOU- / NT OF ALL THE ESTATES AND PEOPLE SUBJECT TO / THE ROMAN EMPIRE. MARY AND JOSEPH WERE / OBLIGED TO REPAIR TO BETHLEHEM TO BE / ENROLL'D, WHERE THE SACRED VIRGIN / BROUGHT FORTH HER FIRST BORN / IN A STABLE OF THE INN in 28 lines; winged head of cherub above and below. Edge: Plain.

 

BHM 1468.53; Eimer 1238. Choice Mint State. Highly brilliant and lustrous; excellent quality for the metal type, which is normally encountered very pestered and full of issues.

 

Part of a series of 60 medals that attempted to tell various important tales from the Bible in medallic form, this medal is usually encountered in white metal, with the white metal itself generally faring rather poorly.

 

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