Medal - Visit to the Albertine Silver Mine

Ubicación Anhalt-Harzgerode, Principality of
Año 1694
Tipo Commemorative medal
Composición Silver
Peso 86.8 g
Diámetro 62.2 mm
Grosor
Forma Round
Técnica Milled
Orientación
Canto Plain
Período
Observación
Referencia(s) Müseler#3.2
Descripción del anverso Bust of Prince William Louis facing right, wearing long curly wig, cuirass, and mantle.
Escritura del anverso Latin
Leyenda del anverso 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.)
Descripción del reverso 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.
Escritura del reverso Latin
Leyenda del reverso SUB · PRÆSIDIO · ALTISSIMI · NIL · TIMENDVM 1694
(Translation: There is nothing to fear under the protection of the highest.)
Tirada
ID de Numisquare 9002043270
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