Medal - Visit to the Albertine Silver Mine

Locatie Anhalt-Harzgerode, Principality of
Jaar 1694
Type Commemorative medal
Samenstelling Silver
Gewicht 86.8 g
Diameter 62.2 mm
Dikte
Vorm Round
Techniek Milled
Oriëntatie
Rand Plain
Periode
Opmerking
Referentie(s) Müseler#3.2
Beschrijving voorzijde Bust of Prince William Louis facing right, wearing long curly wig, cuirass, and mantle.
Schrift voorzijde Latin
Opschrift voorzijde 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.)
Beschrijving keerzijde 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.
Schrift keerzijde Latin
Opschrift keerzijde SUB · PRÆSIDIO · ALTISSIMI · NIL · TIMENDVM 1694
(Translation: There is nothing to fear under the protection of the highest.)
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