Medal - Frederik III Coronation

€143,390.00
LocationDenmark
Year1648
TypeCommemorative medals/Inauguration medal
CompositionSilver
Weight56.74 g
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ShapeOval
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Period
NoticeSebastian Dadler
Reference(s) Galster#80
Obverse descriptionArmored half bust of King Friderik III 1/4 right. King is wearing a richly decorated rope and the necklace of the Order of the Elephant. Bust is within a garland of twigs and putti richly decorated. Date is below the garland.
Obverse letteringFRIDERICUS III.D.G.DAN.NORW.GOT.VAND.REX.DUX.SL.HOL.ST.DIT.COM.IN OLD.& DELM. 16 | 48
(Translation: King Frederik III, King of Denmark and Norway, the Goths and the Wends, duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, and Ditmarsh, count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst)
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Reverse descriptionMale figure (personification of Peace), lightly covered by a vail seated on a pedestal with feet on a terrestrial globe. Peace is holding a palm branch and an open book in the left, while the right arm is raised to a radiant sun face. All the figure is inside a radiant oval with legend outside.
Reverse letteringSEHT WIE DER FRIED IEZ ZIERT DIE WELT DA FRIDRICH KROHN UND SCEPTER HELT
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Mintage1648  - -
Catalog ID1986219980
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