DAWBENEY, GILES, LORD (Brit.). Mint-master at London, in conjunction with Bartholomew Rede, goldsmith, from the 1st to the 5th years of Henry VII. In the first year of that reign, " they were appointed joint masters and workers of the Mint, to coin pieces of the same description as had been coined under Edward IV. ; and in 1489 the same persons, Sir Giles having now become Lord Dawbeney, were ordered to make a new money of gold according to the print and form of a piece of lead annexed to the Letters Patent. The new money was to be of the standard fineness, to be double the weight of the ryal, and to be called the sovereign, and was to be current for 20 s. Out of every pound weight of gold to be coined in the Tower, two of these pieces, and no more, were to be made, unless the king should command the contrary". Bibliography. — Kenyon, Gold Coins of England, London, 1884, p. 74. — Ruding, Annals of the Coinage of Great Britain and its Dependencies, London, 1840.
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.
CRONIOS
CRONIOS (Greek). Historians record the name of this Gemengraver, of whom no work is known to exist. The signature KPONIOC appears on some modern gems by Natter and other artists, who signed their productions with antique names, such as those of Phrygillos, Pergamos, Olympios, Onatas, Pyrgoteles, Athenion, Dioscorides, Solon, Aspasios, Agathopus, Pamphiles, Eutyches, Hyllus, Aulus, Epitynchanus, Evodus, Tryphon, and other Greek and Roman glyptists, in order to deceive purchasers. With the signatu...
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CRONIOS (Greek). Historians record the name of this Gemengraver, of whom no work is known to exist. The signature KPONIOC appears on some modern gems by Natter and other artists, who signed their productions with antique names, such as those of Phrygillos, Pergamos, Olympios, Onatas, Pyrgoteles, Athenion, Dioscorides, Solon, Aspasios, Agathopus, Pamphiles, Eutyches, Hyllus, Aulus, Epitynchanus, Evodus, Tryphon, and other Greek and Roman glyptists, in order to deceive purchasers. With the signatu...
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CRONIUS
CRONIUS (Roman). Gem-engraver, apparently anterior to the time of Augustus. Pliny places his name between that of Pyrgoteles, Alexander's contemporary, and that of Dioscorides, who flourished under the reign of Augustus. King mentions that " the signature of Cronius appears at the side of a standing figure of Terpsichore, a design afterwards repeated by Onesas and Allion". It is possible that Cronius is only a fictitious signature used by a more modern engraver Vide CRONIOS. Bibliography. — King...
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CRONIUS (Roman). Gem-engraver, apparently anterior to the time of Augustus. Pliny places his name between that of Pyrgoteles, Alexander's contemporary, and that of Dioscorides, who flourished under the reign of Augustus. King mentions that " the signature of Cronius appears at the side of a standing figure of Terpsichore, a design afterwards repeated by Onesas and Allion". It is possible that Cronius is only a fictitious signature used by a more modern engraver Vide CRONIOS. Bibliography. — King...
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CROPANESE, FILIPPO
CROPANESE, FILIPPO (Ital.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century. He is the author of a medal of Prince Henry, Cardinal of York, struck at Rome, in 1766, for presentation by the Cardinal to his friends. On the Obv. is the bust of the Pretender, whilst the R. presents Religion holding the Bible and cross, with the British lion, a crown, and a cardinal's hat at her feet, and the legend : NON • DESIDERIIS • HOMINVM •SED •VOLVNTATE • DEI. The artist resided at Rome for some time, a...
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CROPANESE, FILIPPO (Ital.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century. He is the author of a medal of Prince Henry, Cardinal of York, struck at Rome, in 1766, for presentation by the Cardinal to his friends. On the Obv. is the bust of the Pretender, whilst the R. presents Religion holding the Bible and cross, with the British lion, a crown, and a cardinal's hat at her feet, and the legend : NON • DESIDERIIS • HOMINVM •SED •VOLVNTATE • DEI. The artist resided at Rome for some time, a...
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CROS, CÉSAR ISIDORE HENRI
CROS, CÉSAR ISIDORE HENRI (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Narbonne in 1840; pupil of Etex, Jouffroy, and Valadon. His signature appears on a number of Portrait-medallions : M. A. G***., 1864 ; — Mme L***., 1868; — Mme Jeannine Dumas, 1872 ; — Prize Medal for the Preservation of Forests and picturesque scenery, 1904 (commissioned by the Société des Amis de la Médaille), &c. He belongs to the school of David d'Angers, whose pupils have brought medallic art to such a high standard of late ...
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CROS, CÉSAR ISIDORE HENRI (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Narbonne in 1840; pupil of Etex, Jouffroy, and Valadon. His signature appears on a number of Portrait-medallions : M. A. G***., 1864 ; — Mme L***., 1868; — Mme Jeannine Dumas, 1872 ; — Prize Medal for the Preservation of Forests and picturesque scenery, 1904 (commissioned by the Société des Amis de la Médaille), &c. He belongs to the school of David d'Angers, whose pupils have brought medallic art to such a high standard of late ...
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