Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 16323 [A-H]: 'Coins and tokens: 5 Nuremberg tokens (Sixteenth Century); Square token, German; 2 six pences and shilling Elizabeth I, 1581 and 1602; 2 sixpences, Seventeenth century; 3 tokens, Eighteenth Century. Commemorative medal of Admiral's destruction of Carthagena. 1741.'

Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Found together / assemblage)
See 1959.66-90; 1969.98-9 [sic].
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang

Context (Related Documents)
Hand-written note on envelop which contained the medal reads: 'Commemorative medal: Obv: ADMIRAL VIEWING THE TOWN CARTHAGANA. 1740:1. Rev: THE FORTS OF CARTHAGANA DESTROYED BY ADL. 1741. Pembroke College'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang

Context (Field collection)
Found during building alterations to Pembroke College, 1875-1878.
Event Date 1875
Author: maa

Context (References)
Browne, David M. (1974). 'An Archaeological Gazetteer of the City of Cambridge.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 65. p. 24.
Event Date 1974
Author: Jodi Zhang

Description (Physical description)
A medal commemorating Vernon's attack on Cartagena. Obverse with full-length figure of Admiral Vernon facing three-quarters left with right hand extended and left hand holding baton; two forts in the background and two ships on the right; inscription reads: 'ADMIRAL VERNON VEIWING THE TOWN OF CARTHAGANA 1740:1’. Reverse with two ships sailing right and two boats in the rear, forts labeled Carthagena in the background; inscription reads: ‘THE FORTS OF CARTHAGENA DESTROYD BY ADL VERNON 1741’. Worn on both sides.
Event Date 19/10/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang