Médaille - Abraham Ortelius

Features

Location Belgium
Type Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Years 1848-1850
Composition Bronze
Weight 38 g
Diameter 47 mm
Thickness 4.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
316361

Obverse

The left bust of Brabant geographer Abraham OrtellAutomatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ABRAHAM ORTÉLIUS , NÉ A ANVERS
EN 1527 MORT EN 1598
JOUVENEL

Engraver: Adolphe Jouvenel

Reverse

A text summarizing his life covers the entire field.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CRÉATEUR DE LA
GÉOGRAPHIE MODERNE,
IL COORDONNA LES NOTIONS
DE CETTE SCIENCE EN LES
RECTIFIANT SOIT D’APRÈS SES
OBSERVATIONS PERSONNELLES, SOIT
PAR DES INDICATIONS PUISÉES A DES
SOURCES SÛRES. LE PREMIER IL PRÉSENTA
UN TABLEAU COMPLET DES DIFFÉRENTES
CONTRÉES DU GLOBE. SAVANT ANTIQUAIRE
IL S’ADONNA AVEC SUCCÈS À L’ÉTUDE
DE LA NUMISMATIQUE. IL FUT HONORÉ
PAR LES PRINCES ET PAR LES SAVANTS
DE SON SIÈCLE. SES OUVRAGES ONT
REÇU L’HOMMAGE DE LA
POSTÉRITÉ.

Engraver: Adolphe Jouvenel

Edge

Plain

Comments

From 1848 to 1850, Adolphe-Christian Jouvenel engraved and published in Brussels a collection of 25 bronze medals in 47 mm modules, depicting portraits of "Belgium's great men". Each was sold at the time for 4 Belgian francs.
34 mm bronze or brass tokens reproducing some of these medals were also engraved, to make the publication accessible to all, according to the prospectus of the time, with a more democratic selling price of 50 centimes.Automatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1848-1850) 

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