Medal William Wake, bronze

€405,019.00
LocationUnited Kingdom
Year1725
TypeCommemorative medals/Personality or portrait medal
CompositionBronze
Weight
Diameter42 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Period
NoticeJean Dassier
Reference(s) Eimer#500
Obverse descriptionDraped bust right
Obverse letteringGUILIELMUS WAKE ARCH . CANT.
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionLegend
Reverse letteringJLLUSTRIUM VIRORUM QUI VERÆ RELIGIONI CHRISTIANÆ BONISQUE LITTERIS JN EUROPA RENOVANDIS RESTAURANDISQUE ADLABORARUNT JCONES VERISSIMAS REVERENDISSIMO IN CHRISTO PATRI GUILIELMO WAKE ARCHIEPISCOPO CANTUARIENSI TOTIUS ANGLIÆ PRIMATI ET METROPOLITANO OFFERT, DICAT DEDICATQUE JOANNES DASSIER GENEYENSIS . M.DCC.XXV.
(Translation: These most truthful portraits of illustrious men, who have laboured for the revival and restoration of the true Christian religion and polite literature in Europe, Jean Dassier, a Genevese, offers, presents, and dedicates to the Right Reverend Father in Christ, William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan, 1725.)
Reverse scriptLatin
EngraverGeneva, Switzerland
Mintage1725  - -
Catalog ID6875660050
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