Medal commemorating Isaac Newton (1643-1727), made in 1819, by F. Petit.
Issue from series Iniversalis Virorum Illustrium.
Obverse: bust facing left, PETIT.F. below
ISAACUS NEWTONIS
Reverse: inscription in ten lines
NATUS / VOLSTROPII / IN ENGLAND / AN M.DC XLII. / OBIIT / SERIES NUMISMATICA / UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM / ILLUSTRIUM / M.DCC.XIX. / DURAND EDIT
Diameter 41 mm, weight 37.63 g