BECKH (Germ.). Mint-master at Schwabach, circa 1522.
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
Mint master:
In medieval and early modern Germany, the Münzmeister ("mint master", the Latin term is monetarius) was the director or administrator of a mint, a moneyer with responsibility for the minting of coins, or specie. His duties were defined differently at different locations and ages.
BALLAY, JOSUÉ
BALLAY, JOSUÉ (French). Engraver of jetons during the first half of the sixteenth century (1525-1553) The best known are : 1525, Jetons for the Master of the" Chambre aux Deniers"; — 1526, M. de Bonnes, maitre d'hôtel of the King; — 1527, Cardinal of Orleans, Archbishop of Toulouse; — M. de Lautrec, jetons for the officers of Louise de Savoie; — Jetons for Jean Riveron; — 1530, The Queen; — 1531, The Queen of Navarre; — 1532, M. Ch. de Saint-Simon; — Jetons for the Comte de Chateaubriant; — 1542...
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BALLAY, JOSUÉ (French). Engraver of jetons during the first half of the sixteenth century (1525-1553) The best known are : 1525, Jetons for the Master of the" Chambre aux Deniers"; — 1526, M. de Bonnes, maitre d'hôtel of the King; — 1527, Cardinal of Orleans, Archbishop of Toulouse; — M. de Lautrec, jetons for the officers of Louise de Savoie; — Jetons for Jean Riveron; — 1530, The Queen; — 1531, The Queen of Navarre; — 1532, M. Ch. de Saint-Simon; — Jetons for the Comte de Chateaubriant; — 1542...
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BALLIN, CLAUDE
BALLIN, CLAUDE (French). Succeeded Jean Varin as Director of the Paris Medal-Mint, 1676 — 1678. This famous artist, who was born in Paris in 1615 and died at the Louvre on the 22nd January 1678, is the most celebrated goldsmith of the second half of the seventeenth century. His productions were works of art, which unfortunately have nearly all been destroyed, partly under Louis XIV. when through the necessities of state most of the existing plate in France was melted down to be turned into curre...
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BALLIN, CLAUDE (French). Succeeded Jean Varin as Director of the Paris Medal-Mint, 1676 — 1678. This famous artist, who was born in Paris in 1615 and died at the Louvre on the 22nd January 1678, is the most celebrated goldsmith of the second half of the seventeenth century. His productions were works of art, which unfortunately have nearly all been destroyed, partly under Louis XIV. when through the necessities of state most of the existing plate in France was melted down to be turned into curre...
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BALTIMORE, LORD
BALTIMORE, LORD (Brit.). Lord Proprietor of Maryland, issued a series of coins, temp. Charles II., for circulation in his own province. They are Shillings, Sixpences, and Groats in silver, and Pennies in copper. The obv. of these present a bare head, in profile, of Lord Baltimore, with the legend CAECILIVS D'NS TERRAE MARIAE &c. T. and on R. his arms under the crown of his palatinate, with indication of value. The penny bears the inscription DENARIVM TERRAE MARIAE. Bibliography. — Ruding, Annals...
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BALTIMORE, LORD (Brit.). Lord Proprietor of Maryland, issued a series of coins, temp. Charles II., for circulation in his own province. They are Shillings, Sixpences, and Groats in silver, and Pennies in copper. The obv. of these present a bare head, in profile, of Lord Baltimore, with the legend CAECILIVS D'NS TERRAE MARIAE &c. T. and on R. his arms under the crown of his palatinate, with indication of value. The penny bears the inscription DENARIVM TERRAE MARIAE. Bibliography. — Ruding, Annals...
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BALUGANI, FILIPPO
BALUGANI, FILIPPO (Ital.) 1734-1780. Medallist of the end of the eighteenth century, whose best known productions are the medals he engraved in honour of the mathematician and physician Vincenzo Riccati ; — Francesco Zanotti ; — Giacomo Gradonico ; — Dr Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771), of Padua, 1771 , etc. He was- a pupil of Vittorio Bigari, and became a member of the Clementine Academy. At Bologna he filled the post of Engraver of the coins to the city. His signature on the medals is F...
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BALUGANI, FILIPPO (Ital.) 1734-1780. Medallist of the end of the eighteenth century, whose best known productions are the medals he engraved in honour of the mathematician and physician Vincenzo Riccati ; — Francesco Zanotti ; — Giacomo Gradonico ; — Dr Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771), of Padua, 1771 , etc. He was- a pupil of Vittorio Bigari, and became a member of the Clementine Academy. At Bologna he filled the post of Engraver of the coins to the city. His signature on the medals is F...
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