Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
On the rediscovery of Halley's Comet near the Sun by the astronomer Max Wolf
| Location | Germany (1871-1948) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1910 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Period | Log in to see details |
| Notice | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | High-relief bust of Edmund Halley facing slightly left, depicted in period dress with a large curled wig. The name EDMUND HALLEY and birth and death years 1656 and 1742 appear in the field flanking the effigy. A circular legend runs around the border, and a lower legend reads HALLEY BESIEGTE DIE KOMETENFURCHT. The engraver's signature E. Torff appears in the lower left field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The lower portion of the reverse depicts a detailed view of the Treptow Observatory building with its large refractor telescope visible. Above, a detailed star map fills the central field, showing the trajectory of Halley's Comet among labeled constellations including Orion, Taurus, Castor, Pollux, Sirius and others, with the comet's path marked by numbered positions. The surrounding border legend lists historical apparition dates of the comet ranging from 240 BC to 1910 AD. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | DAS ERSCHEINEN DES HALLEYSCHEN KOMETEN V.JAHRE 240V.CHR.B.1910 N.CHR. IN SEINER SONNENNAHE NACH DR. F.S. ARCHENHOLD DIE TREPTOW-STERNWARTE |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |