Medal - Visit to the Albertine Silver Mine

Ort Anhalt-Harzgerode, Principality of
Jahr 1694
Typ Commemorative medal
Material Silver
Gewicht 86.8 g
Durchmesser 62.2 mm
Dicke
Form Round
Herstellungstechnik Milled
Ausrichtung
Rand Plain
Epoche
Hinweis
Referenz(en) Müseler#3.2
Aversbeschreibung Bust of Prince William Louis facing right, wearing long curly wig, cuirass, and mantle.
Aversschrift Latin
Averslegende GVILIELMVS . 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.)
Reversbeschreibung Prince 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.
Reversschrift Latin
Reverslegende SUB · PRÆSIDIO · ALTISSIMI · NIL · TIMENDVM 1694
(Translation: There is nothing to fear under the protection of the highest.)
Auflage
Numisquare-ID 9002043270
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