Medal - Frederik V King's birthday

Features

Location	Denmark
King	Frederick V (1746-1766)
Type	Commemorative medals › Event medal
Year	1750
Composition	Silver
Weight	59.2 g
Diameter	49 mm
Shape	Round
Number	N# 186256
References	Galster# 438 Georg Galster; 1936. Danske og norske Medailler og Jetons ca. 1533-ca. 1788. Selskabet til Udgivelse af Danske Mindesmærker, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Commemorative issue

27th Birthday of King Frederik V of Denmark on March 31, 1750

Obverse

Laureate, draped, and armored bust of King Frederick V right. Engraver name below bust.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FRIDERICVS · V · D · G · REX · DAN · NORV · VAND · GOTH ·
M. G. ARBIEN. F.

Translation: Frederick V Dei Gratia King of Denmark, Norway, of the Wends and the Goths

Engraver: Magnus Gustavus Arbien

Reverse

Crowned and veiled woman (personification of Denmark) is seated left, holding a trumpet and a stone inscription in her right hand. At her right a Genius (the North Genius as suggested by the North Star on his head) shows her a map of Northern Territories. Other map, scrolls, books and small statues lay on the ground.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VINCET AMOR PATRIAE

NORVEGIA
DANIA
ITALIA
GRACIA
______________________________________________
SOC(ietatis) REG(ia) HIST(oriæ) ET LINGV(æ) BOR(ealis)
EXCUDI FECIT.
D. 31 MART. Ao 1750

Engraver: Magnus Gustavus Arbien

See also

• Birth anniversary

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