Medal

Round silver prize medal from The Literary Society of King's College (now Columbia University) to Benjamin Moore on May 17, 1768. Medal obverse is engraved with the seal of Columbia University and reverse depicts image of the Goddess Athena leading the way and male figure. Inscription: Engraved on obverse: America Praemium Literarium Benjamino Moore Collegii Regalis Novi Eboraci In. Center engraved with seal of Columbia University: [Woman seated on a throne speaking speaking the words Auri El in Hebrew, holding an open bible in her right hand with the words Logia Zonta in Greek. Three small figures at her feet. Hebrew characters for Yahweh above her head] / In Lumine Tuo Videbimus Lumen / 1st. PET. 11. 1. 2. / & C. Engraved on reverse: Eximio Juvenipropter Insignes In Artibus Progressus.