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Award - Victoria Madras Exhibition
| Location | India - British |
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| Year | 1859 |
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| Diameter | 63 mm |
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| Obverse description | High-relief laureate bust of Queen Victoria facing left, hair dressed with a laurel wreath and tied with a ribbon bow at the nape. The legend VICTORIA to the left and REGINA to the right flanks the effigy within a reeded border. The engraver's signature B. WYON SC. appears below the truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | VICTORIA REGINA |
| Reverse description | A semi-draped allegorical female figure representing India reclines left beneath large palm fronds, wearing a beaded necklace and bracelets, with a pottery vessel to her left and a mechanical loom or industrial implement to her right, set against a landscape background with temple architecture and a thatched building in the field. The legend MADRAS EXHIBITION appears in two lines in the exergue, flanked by the signatures B. VYON DES. ET SC. and HANCOCK DIR. |
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