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Founding of the Academia Friedericiana in Bayreuth - Friedrich III

Location Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (German States)
Year 1742
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Shape Round
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Reverse description A dramatic landscape scene depicting mountains beneath a billowing cloudburst from which radiating sunbeams break through. In the lower exergue, a rectangular panel bears a four-line inscription recording the inauguration of the Friedrich Academy in Bayreuth in 1742. A circular Latin legend runs along the rim.
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Reverse lettering LUCEM REDDE TUAE DUX BONE PATRIAE INAUG : ACAD : FREDER : BARUTH : MDCCXLII :
(Translation: Restore the light to your country, good prince. Inauguration of the Friedrich Academy in Bayreuth 1742)
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