Willem IV Prince of Orange-Nassau

Location Dutch Republic
Year 1747
Type Personality medal
Composition Gilding metal plated bronze
Weight 16.4 g
Diameter 40 mm
Thickness 1.2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Edge Smooth
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description Prince Willem IV riding a horse trotting to the right. Around, his name and titles with the date of his accession.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering ❀ • WIL• CAR• HEN• FRIZO• PRINS• VAN ORANIEN & NASSAU• 3 MAY• 1747•
(Translation: Willem Karel Hendrik Friso, Prince of Orange and Nassau, 3 May 1747.)
Reverse description Coat of arms of Netherlands (a lion grasping a sword in one hand and a bundle of arrows in the other) in a frame decorated with a ribbon bearing the old Latin motto of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. Legend around with the functions of Willem IV.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering ❀ • STADHOUDER• ADM.L• & KAP.n• GENERAAL• VAN PROVINTIEN `CONCORDIA RES PARVAE CRESCUNT`
(Translation: Stadtholder, Admiral and Captain General of the 7 Provinces. `Our union is our strength`)
Mintage
Numisquare ID 3484115140
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