Medal - Christian VI Reformation Anniversary; Type 1; silver issue

Features

Location Denmark
King Christian VI (1730-1746)
Type Commemorative medals › Event medal
Year 1736
Composition Silver
Weight 89 g
Diameter 56.63 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
147553
References Galster# 380
Georg Galster; 1936. Danske og norske Medailler og Jetons ca. 1533-ca. 1788. Selskabet til Udgivelse af Danske Mindesmærker, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Commemorative issue

200th Anniversary of the Reformation in Denmark

Obverse

Mantled and armored bust of King with long hair facing right

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CHRIST • VI • D • G • REX • DAN • NORV • VAND • GOTH •
• G • W • W •

Translation: Christian VI Dei Gratia King of Denmark, Norway, the Wends and the Goths

Engraver: Georg Wilhelm Wahl

Reverse

Praying veiled female figure standing on a cloud behind sun rays coming from sky. At right the facade of the Cathedral of St. Peter in Rome, with catholic insignae on the ground in the square.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
DE DOMO SERVIENTIVM LIBERAVI TE.
___________________________-
ECCLESi.(æ) DAN.(icæ) ET NORV.(egicæ)
IVBILAEVM.
MDCCXXXVI.

Engraver: Georg Wilhelm Wahl

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1736 
1736  version with Hedlinger portrait (obverse of GAL# 371)

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