Medal - Peace of Baden Mars

Features

Location Canton of Aargau
Type Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Year 1714
Composition Silver
Weight 43.49 g
Diameter 43.00 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
301908
References Martin MS1# 4
Jean Louis Martin; 1979. Médailles suisses / Volume 1 = Medaillen der Schweiz = Medaglie svizzere. self-published, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Series: Peace of Baden

Obverse

Emperor Charles VI kneeling on his right knee, facing left, wearing mantle and chainmail, arms open. Imperial crown, orb and sceptre at his sheet on a pillow. To the right, personification of Austria praying, wearing ermine mantle with the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire. Three-legged altar with burning offering to the left. Smoke rising towards radiant triangle in the skies. Peasant ploughing fields with two oxen in the background.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
EX SOLVUNT GRATES CAESAR ET IMPERIUM
IANI TEMPLO BADENAE IN
ARGOVIA CLAVSO

Engraver: Philipp Heinrich Müller

Reverse

Bird's eye view of the city of Baden and the Limmat River. In the foreground, Mars facing right, wearing armour and mantle, throwing sword into the river, helmet behind. At the top, cherub holding shield with the coat of arms of Baden, olive branch and inscribed ribbon.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HAS TANDEM AD THERMAS FESSVS MARS ABLVIT ENSEM
BADEN

Engraver: Philipp Heinrich Müller

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1714) 

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