Carl von Linné

€359,275.00
LocationFrance
Year1818
TypeCommemorative medals › Personality medals
CompositionBronze
Weight36.91 g
Diameter41 mm
Thickness3.5 mm
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Period
NoticeJoseph Eugène Dubois
Reference(s)
Obverse descriptionA portrait of Carl von Linné in profile, showing his left side. His name in Latin is written around the portrait. Below the portrait is the name of the engraver.
Obverse letteringCAROLUS LINNÆUS DUBOIS F
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionA flat surface with text in Latin
Reverse letteringNATUS ROESHULTAE IN SUECIA AN.M.DCC.VII. OBIT AN.M.DCC.LXXVIII. SERIES NUMISMATICA UNIVERSALIS VIRUM ILLUSTRIUM M.DCCC.XVIII PARISIIS DURAND EDIDIT
(Translation: Born in Råshult in Sweden in 1707 died in 1778. A Numismatic series of famous men 1818 published by Durand in Paris)
Reverse scriptLatin
EngraverMonnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage1818  - -
1818  - MONACHII -
Catalog ID2857702330
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