Medal - Frederik V Academy of Fine Arts

Features

Location Denmark
King Frederick V (Frederik V) (1746-1766)
Type Commemorative medals › Inauguration medal
Year 1754
Composition Silver
Weight 96.6 g
Diameter 56 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Number
N#
186634
References Galster# 448
Georg Galster; 1936. Danske og norske Medailler og Jetons ca. 1533-ca. 1788. Selskabet til Udgivelse af Danske Mindesmærker, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Commemorative issue

Foundation of the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen

Obverse

Armoured bust of King facing Frederik V facing right wearing a band with the pendant of the Order of the Elephant. Legend around rim

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FRIDERICUS V • D • G • REX • DAN • NORV • VAND • GOTH •
M.G.ARBIEN

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

Engraver: Magnus Gustavus Arbien

Reverse

Academy, represented as a veiled woman seated near a broken column holding a stick in her right hand and a wreath in left. Below her are the symbols of the arts she "nourishes"

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ALIT ARTES
_________________________
REGIA ACADEMIA PICT.
SCULPT. ET ARCHIT.
INSTITVTA. MDCCLIV

Engraver: Magnus Gustavus Arbien

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1754 

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