Medal - Departure of Ulrika Eleonora to Sweden

€1.00
LocationDenmark
Year1680
TypeCommemorative medal
CompositionSilver
Weight55.18 g
Diameter49.2 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
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Period
NoticeChristopher Schneider
Reference(s) Galster#134
Obverse descriptionFama flying to right with trumpet and palm branch over the Øresund and countryside landscape. On the trumpet a banner with a written question, to which the wind answer in the sky behind him.
Obverse letteringFama: (QVÆ CAROLO SVECA QVÆ VIRGO DIGNA CORONA) Wind: (DIGNAM FATA DABVNT) CS
(Translation: Which bride is worthy of Carl (XI) and the Swedish crown? Fate will bring a worthy bride)
Obverse script
Reverse descriptionCupid with bow and arrow writes the name of the princess on an obelisk, which is adorned with a crowned C globe to the tip. The obelisk is in a big square to the front of a Royal Palace (maybe the Palace of Copenhagen) full of walkers and of carriage. In the sky above the Palace the wind gives positive answer to the choice of Cupid. The entire scene is seen from a balustrade in the foreground. Date below, in exergue.
Reverse letteringULRICA ELEONORA Wind: (NON VIXIT DIGNIOR VNQVAM) _____________ MCDLXXX
(Translation: There is no one more worthy living)
Reverse script
Engraver
Mintage1680  - GAL# 134 -
Catalog ID8013492610
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