Medal - Michael Stourdza

€338,808.00
LocationMoldavia
Year1842
TypeCommemorative medals/Personality or portrait medal
CompositionBronze
Weight61.9 g
Diameter48.5 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
Technique
Orientation
Edge
Period
NoticeCarl Friedrich Voigt
Reference(s)
Obverse descriptionHead of Lord Michael Stourdza facing left.
Obverse letteringMichaeli Gr. Sturdza Princ. Moldaviae C. Voigt
(Translation: To Michael Gregory Sturdza, Prince of Moldavia.)
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionHygieia standing, facing left, wearing cloak, holding stave in left hand, and making offering with a patera on a burning altar. Three-legged altar to the left with snake coiled around.
Reverse letteringXXI MILLIA SANATORUM TIBI SOTERIA FERUNT A MEDICIS MOLDAVIAE MDCCCXLII
(Translation: 21 thousand healed bring you health. From the medics of Moldavia.)
Reverse scriptLatin
EngraverMunich, Germany (1158-date)
Mintage1842  - -
Catalog ID6394096290
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