DONATO, JOHN LOTTE NICOLE (Brit.). The " Mint Accounts in the Exchequer " mention as Mint-masters in the 23rd year of Edward III. : John Lotte Nicole Donato du Chastell de Florence and Socii Sui. No doubt this Donata is the same as Donative, who filled a similar office in the 30th year of the same reign. Bibliography. — Ruding, op. cit.
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.
DENHOLME OF WESTHEILLS, SIR WILLIAM
DENHOLME OF WESTHEILLS, SIR WILLIAM (Scot.). Master of the Mint at Edinburgh, under William III., 1694-1702. His name appears on documents quoted by Burns and Cochran-Patrick in connection with a proposal he made, following the proclamation of the 12th July 1695, by which the rates of the silver coins were to be raised, that the altered values should be placed upon the coins. This proposal was rejected. During Denholme's tenure of office, the following denominations of coins were issued at the E...
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DENHOLME OF WESTHEILLS, SIR WILLIAM (Scot.). Master of the Mint at Edinburgh, under William III., 1694-1702. His name appears on documents quoted by Burns and Cochran-Patrick in connection with a proposal he made, following the proclamation of the 12th July 1695, by which the rates of the silver coins were to be raised, that the altered values should be placed upon the coins. This proposal was rejected. During Denholme's tenure of office, the following denominations of coins were issued at the E...
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DENON, DOMINIQUE VIVANT
DENON, DOMINIQUE VIVANT (French). Medallist, Engraver, Draughtsman, Archaeologist, and Writer, born at Chalon-sur-Saône on the 4th of January, 1747, died at Paris on the 27th of April, 1825. He was a member of the Institut de France, associate of the Academy of Dijon, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Orders of Saint-Anne of Russia and of the Crown of Bavaria, and held in succession the posts of diplomatist, and public administrator. He took part in the expedition to Egypt under the...
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DENON, DOMINIQUE VIVANT (French). Medallist, Engraver, Draughtsman, Archaeologist, and Writer, born at Chalon-sur-Saône on the 4th of January, 1747, died at Paris on the 27th of April, 1825. He was a member of the Institut de France, associate of the Academy of Dijon, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Orders of Saint-Anne of Russia and of the Crown of Bavaria, and held in succession the posts of diplomatist, and public administrator. He took part in the expedition to Egypt under the...
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DEPAULIS, ALEXIS JOSEPH
DEPAULIS, ALEXIS JOSEPH (French) 1790-1867. Medallist, born at Paris ; pupil of Andrieu and Cartellier ; entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts on the 24th of August, 1813 ; obtained a second-class medal in 1827, and a first class in 1833 ; decorated with the Legion of Honour in 1834. Amongst the numerous medals exhibited by him at the Salon from 1819 to the year of his death, I may note the following : Louis XVIII. ; — Martin Luther, after Holbein ; — Suger; — Ambroise Paré; — Jacques Amyot, 1819; — ...
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DEPAULIS, ALEXIS JOSEPH (French) 1790-1867. Medallist, born at Paris ; pupil of Andrieu and Cartellier ; entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts on the 24th of August, 1813 ; obtained a second-class medal in 1827, and a first class in 1833 ; decorated with the Legion of Honour in 1834. Amongst the numerous medals exhibited by him at the Salon from 1819 to the year of his death, I may note the following : Louis XVIII. ; — Martin Luther, after Holbein ; — Suger; — Ambroise Paré; — Jacques Amyot, 1819; — ...
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DERICK, ANTHONIE
DERICK, ANTHONIE (Brit.). Engraver at the London Mint under Edward VI. (anno 6), and from the second to the eighteenth year of Elizabeth. He is said to have succeeded Robert, on the latter's decease (Harl. MSS. n° 698, folio 51). In the same document, when the name of this engraver reappears under Elizabeth, it is spelt Anthony Derick. During his tenure of office, important alterations were made in the currency, which had become so debased as to give rise to general discontent, which found vent ...
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DERICK, ANTHONIE (Brit.). Engraver at the London Mint under Edward VI. (anno 6), and from the second to the eighteenth year of Elizabeth. He is said to have succeeded Robert, on the latter's decease (Harl. MSS. n° 698, folio 51). In the same document, when the name of this engraver reappears under Elizabeth, it is spelt Anthony Derick. During his tenure of office, important alterations were made in the currency, which had become so debased as to give rise to general discontent, which found vent ...
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