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Medal - Tycho Brahe
Location | Denmark |
Year | 1595 |
Type | Commemorative medals/Personality or portrait
medal |
Composition | Silver |
Weight | 29.6 g |
Diameter | 40 mm |
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Shape | Round |
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Reference(s) | Galster#53 |
Obverse description | Facing bust of Tycho Brahe with high collar and long moustache. Brahe wears the collar of the Order of the Elephant got in 1578. |
Obverse lettering | EFFIGIES : TYCHONIS : BRAHE : O : F : AD :
1595 : ÆT 49 |
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Reverse description | Shield with thick central vertical line below complex elm. Two circular lines of text around. |
Reverse lettering | ARMA : GENVS : FVNDI : PEREVNT
DVRABILE : VIRTVS :
ET : DOCTRINA : DECVS : NOBILITATIS : HABENT : |
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Engraver | |
Mintage | 1595 - Original version in Wien - 1595 - smaller version diam. 34 cm. -
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Catalog ID | 4016389310 |
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