Medal - Visit to the Albertine Silver Mine
| Location | Anhalt-Harzgerode, Principality of |
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| Year | 1694 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 86.8 g |
| Diameter | 62.2 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | |
| Edge | Plain |
| Period | |
| Notice | |
| Reference(s) | Müseler#3.2 |
| Obverse description | Bust of Prince William Louis facing right, wearing long curly wig, cuirass, and mantle. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering |
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.) |
| Reverse description | 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. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering |
SUB · PRÆSIDIO · ALTISSIMI · NIL · TIMENDVM 1694 (Translation: There is nothing to fear under the protection of the highest.) |
| Mintage | |
| Numisquare ID | 9002043270 |
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