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Great Britain - 1816

A Column erected to Rowland Lord Hill, at Shrewsbury

Obverse:

Bare head of Lord Hill, right.
ROWLAND LORD HILL

Size:

54 mm.

Reverse:

Figure standing on a column, date below.
ANIMO NON ASTUTIA
(By courage, not cunning)

BHM:

AR, AE 54 by T. Halliday
AR R; AE N.
E.P.M. 1892/239.
AM; BM; BMAG.

The column shown on the reverse is 133 feet high and was erected by a county subscription of over £6,000 beside the London Road at Shrewsbury. There are sixteen victories enumerated on it. See also note to No. 777.

from British Historical Medals, Volume I, p. 221

A Column erected to Rowland Lord Hill, at Shrewsbury