Medal - Abolition of the Slave Trade

€148,541.00
LocationDenmark
Year1792
TypeCommemorative medals/Historical medal
Composition(white metal)
Weight88 g
Diameter55.5 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
Technique
Orientation
Edge
Period
NoticePietro Leonardo Gianelli
Reference(s) Bergsøe#4
Obverse descriptionNegro male head facing left.
Obverse letteringMEMIS ERVM
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionWinged Nemesis, the avenging goddess of divine indignation and retribution, seated facing on a block dais, holding an apple branch in one hand and touching the fold of her wing in the other. Her seat is adorned with a wheel inscribed: NEMEΣIΣ.
Reverse letteringEN ADSVM, NEMEΣIΣ LEGE LATA A REGE DANORVM D.XVI MART MDCCXCII
Reverse scriptLatin
Engraver
Mintage1792  - - 5
Catalog ID6383572970
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