Medal - Visit to the Albertine Silver Mine

€337,367.00
LocationAnhalt-Harzgerode, Principality of
Year1694
TypeCommemorative medals/Event medal
CompositionSilver
Weight86.8 g
Diameter62.2 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
Orientation
EdgePlain
Period
NoticeS. Grillet
Reference(s) Müseler#3.2
Obverse descriptionBust of Prince William Louis facing right, wearing long curly wig, cuirass, and mantle.
Obverse letteringGVILIELMVS . D . G . PRINC ANHALT . D . SA . ET . W . C . A . D . B . ET . S .
(Translation: William, by the grace of God, prince of Anhalt, duke of Saxony, Angria, and Westphalia, count of Ascania, and lord of Bernburg and Servesta.)
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionPrince William Louis and his entourage, standing at the bottom of a mining shaft. Above, an official sitting in an armchair, being hoisted down, escorted by two people with lanterns on a ladder. To the left, a gallery with four miners. To the right, a lady with her entourage visiting a gallery, and two miners above, with lantern, bucket, and wheelbarrow. Inscription on ribbon and radiant sun at the top.
Reverse letteringSUB · PRÆSIDIO · ALTISSIMI · NIL · TIMENDVM 1694
(Translation: There is nothing to fear under the protection of the highest.)
Reverse scriptLatin
Engraver
Mintage1694  - -
Catalog ID9002043270
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