AMIET, C. (Swiss). Designer of the medal commemorating the Cantonal Shooting Competition at Soleure, 1895 ; the medal was engraved by H. Bovy; it bears on R. C. AMIET INV.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
AATZ, JOSEPH
AATZ, JOSEPH (Germ.). Master or Inspector of the Electoral Mint of Mayence, during the bishopric of Frederick Charles Joseph von Erthal (1774-1802). His initials I. A. appear on various coins, among which the most noteworthy are the following : Ducat of 1795, Convention thalers of 1794 (2 var.), and 1795, and on a medal, engraved by Fred. Stieler on the Defeat of the French under General Jourdan, 1795, by General Count von Clairfait. Bibliography. — Reimmann Münzen u. Medaillen-Cabinet, Ad. Hess...
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AATZ, JOSEPH (Germ.). Master or Inspector of the Electoral Mint of Mayence, during the bishopric of Frederick Charles Joseph von Erthal (1774-1802). His initials I. A. appear on various coins, among which the most noteworthy are the following : Ducat of 1795, Convention thalers of 1794 (2 var.), and 1795, and on a medal, engraved by Fred. Stieler on the Defeat of the French under General Jourdan, 1795, by General Count von Clairfait. Bibliography. — Reimmann Münzen u. Medaillen-Cabinet, Ad. Hess...
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ABBO
ABBO (French). Merovingian Moneyer, who worked at Chalons circa A.D. 593, and later at Limoges, circa A.D. 604. In the Cuerdale find a curious piece was met with, bearing on obv. the legend ABBO MONET or MANET, and a Merovingian bust, and on R. a cruciform monogram. The Vicomte Ponton d'Ame-court, and after him Mr. Kenyon, in his Gold Coins of England, concluded that Abbo worked as moneyer in England and that he was one of the Franks who accompanied St Augustine to England, in 596 or 597. It is ...
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ABBO (French). Merovingian Moneyer, who worked at Chalons circa A.D. 593, and later at Limoges, circa A.D. 604. In the Cuerdale find a curious piece was met with, bearing on obv. the legend ABBO MONET or MANET, and a Merovingian bust, and on R. a cruciform monogram. The Vicomte Ponton d'Ame-court, and after him Mr. Kenyon, in his Gold Coins of England, concluded that Abbo worked as moneyer in England and that he was one of the Franks who accompanied St Augustine to England, in 596 or 597. It is ...
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ABEELE, M. VAN
ABEELE, M. VAN (Dutch). Van Loon, Histoire métallique des XVII Provinces des Pays-Bas, The Hague, 1732-7, and Franks and Grueber, Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1885, assign to this artist a small medal commemorating the Battle of Nieuport, in 1600, on the obv. of which appear the initials H. V. A. FE., while the rev. bears the signature of Nicholas Schauben. It has been suggested that M. van Abeele was the father of Peter, but as no specimen of the m...
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ABEELE, M. VAN (Dutch). Van Loon, Histoire métallique des XVII Provinces des Pays-Bas, The Hague, 1732-7, and Franks and Grueber, Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1885, assign to this artist a small medal commemorating the Battle of Nieuport, in 1600, on the obv. of which appear the initials H. V. A. FE., while the rev. bears the signature of Nicholas Schauben. It has been suggested that M. van Abeele was the father of Peter, but as no specimen of the m...
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ABEELE, PIETER VAN
ABEELE, PIETER VAN (Dutch). Medallist of great merit, who lived principally at Amsterdam, where he also died, circa 1677. He is said to have been a pupil of Jerian Pool, whom however he surpassed as a medallist. His works date from 1622 to 1677, and are usually signed PVA when not in full. His most famous production is the medal which commemorates the Granting of arms to the city of Amsterdam in 1342 and 1488; like his other medals, and those of his contemporary, the engraver O. Muller, it is of...
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ABEELE, PIETER VAN (Dutch). Medallist of great merit, who lived principally at Amsterdam, where he also died, circa 1677. He is said to have been a pupil of Jerian Pool, whom however he surpassed as a medallist. His works date from 1622 to 1677, and are usually signed PVA when not in full. His most famous production is the medal which commemorates the Granting of arms to the city of Amsterdam in 1342 and 1488; like his other medals, and those of his contemporary, the engraver O. Muller, it is of...
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