Past Exhibition

Libertas Americana

Silver medal depicting the figure of Liberty with her long hair blowing in the wind and the Phrygian cap of freedom on a pole behind her
Silver medal depicting the infant Hercules, on a shield covered in bedclothes, strangling two snakes; behind him, Minerva, in a breastplate and plumed helmet, using her fleurs-de-lis-emblazoned shield to hold off an attacking lion

Augustin Dupré (1748–1833) and Claude Michel, called Clodion (1738–1814)
Libertas Americana, 1783
Silver, struck
Diam.: 1 7/8 in. (4.75 cm)
Scher Collection

Cat. 134