Medal for the New Year

Features

Location Denmark
King Frederick IV (Frederik IV) (1699-1730)
Type Commemorative medals › Event medal
Year 1708
Composition Silver
Weight 22.01 g
Diameter 36 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
146420
References Galster# 355
Georg Galster; 1936. Danske og norske Medailler og Jetons ca. 1533-ca. 1788. Selskabet til Udgivelse af Danske Mindesmærker, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Commemorative issue

1708 - New Year

Obverse

Hand of God coming from cloud gives a crown to the sun, raising left from the sea. Date below, in exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
DU KRONER AARET MED . DIN MEGEN MISKUNDHED
_________________
1708
D : 1. IAN:

Reverse

Text on nine lines within an ouroboros (a snake in circle eating its own tail: symbol of infinity).

Script: Latin

Lettering:
KOM SAA
IGIEN
OG LAD OS SEE
MED GLÄDE UDEN
KLAGE
HEREFTER MANGE
KRONEDE
OG GODE NYTAARS
DAGE

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1708 
1708  Struck in tin

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