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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Poet
| Location | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Weight | 112.3 g |
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| Obverse description | High-relief bust of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in right profile, depicted in later life with flowing hair and a wide-collared coat with cravat. The name GOETHE appears in the left field, with the engraver's signature A. Scharff and the date 1899 inscribed in the lower right field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Elaborate high-relief scene depicting the Prologue in Heaven from Faust: the Lord, enthroned on clouds atop a globe, is attended by three archangels bearing wings and sceptres on the left, while Mephistopheles, cloaked and horned, approaches from the right. A serpentine dragon appears in the lower left, and a castle is visible in the exergue below the cloud-filled composition. |
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