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MEDALLION
Unique ID: WILT-6C5B22
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Brass religious medallion of St Francis Xavier. It is cast with an integral pierced loop for suspension and has a diameter of 28mm. Obverse: Bust of St Francis Xavier nimbate to left with possibly a palm frond. S FRANC• XAV• SOC•IES• Reverse: Blessed Virgin Mary crowned, standing left, facing right with left hand outstretched to a kneeling figure. Between them is a pot, possibly with lilies in. S•MA•D•CA RAVAG•INPIN Exergue: LORETO
This appears to be a religious memento from Loreto in the province of Ancona in Italy. Loreto contains one of the most important Marian shrines in the world. The obverse commemorates St Francis Xavier one of the founders in about 150, of the society of Jesus, the Jesuits. The reverse makes allusion to the painter Caravagio some of whose works were influenced by the Jesuits, for example the Madonna of Loreto. The style of the medallion seems to be 17th century, but it is probably a later cast.
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1700
Date to: AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 28 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: Bust of St Francis Xavier nimbate to left with possibly a palm frond.
Obverse inscription: S FRANC• XAV• SOC•IES•
Reverse description: Blessed Virgin Mary crowned, standing left, facing right with left hand outstretched to a kneeling figure. Between them is a pot, possibly with lilies in.
Reverse inscription: S•MA•D•CA RAVAG•INPIN
Exergue: LORETO
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Box (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8169
Four figure Latitude: 51.419691
Four figure longitude: -2.274626
1:25K map: ST8169
1:10K map: ST86NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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