Medal - Capitulation of the city of Tönning silver issue

Features

Location Denmark
King Frederick IV (Frederik IV) (1699-1730)
Type Commemorative medals › Satirical medal
Year 1714
Composition Silver
Weight 29.25 g
Diameter 36.35 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
146582
References Galster# 303
Georg Galster; 1936. Danske og norske Medailler og Jetons ca. 1533-ca. 1788. Selskabet til Udgivelse af Danske Mindesmærker, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Commemorative issue

Capitulation of the city of Tönning on January 28, 1714

Obverse

Mural crown with inside a laurel standard bearing the crowned initial of the Danish King Frederik IV, as well as the flags of Denmark and Norway. Below an overturned barrel, from which fall out cannon balls, weapons and banner of Sweden and Holstein-Gothorp. Behind, at left, in the background, the city of Tönning.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SIC NON DIGESTA
VOMENDA

Translation: What can not be digested is spilled out

Engraver: Peter Berg

Reverse

Eight lines of text with date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
QUÆ
PREGNANS TANTAS
PEPERIT TONNINGA
CATERVAS,
MONSTROSO PARTU
TAM GEMEBUNDA
CADIT.
VIII . FEBR.
.1714.

Engraver: Peter Berg

Comments

GAL# 303Automatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1714 

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