Medal - Frederik IV Visit to Kongsberg Mines

Features

Location Denmark
King Frederick IV (Frederik IV) (1699-1730)
Type Commemorative medals › Event medal
Year 1704
Composition Silver
Weight 43.52 g
Diameter 43.65 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
146389
References Galster# 346
Georg Galster; 1936. Danske og norske Medailler og Jetons ca. 1533-ca. 1788. Selskabet til Udgivelse af Danske Mindesmærker, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Commemorative issue

King Frederik IV visit to the Silver Mines of Kongsberg

Obverse

King Frederik IV with long robe and feather hat riding a prancing horse. Legend and date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NORW. MES. IUN.
1704.

Reverse

A pyramid decorated with laurel wreath with three lines of writing in a mine landscape. Below workers doing excavations underground

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REX. DAN. NOR. VA. GO.

VIVAT
FRIDER
.IV.

Translation: King of Denmark, Norway, of the Goths and the Wends.

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Medal - Frederik IV (Visit to Kongsberg Mines)
Oslo Myntgalleri
Auction 37
Lot 1217
Internet Archive
25 Nov 2023 F USD 739.78
(NOK 8000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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