KITZKATZ, RUPRECHT NICLAS (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver at Dresden, circa 1615-1633. His name has been discovered by Julius and Albert Erbstein, who have shown that the monogram stands for Kitzkatz, and not Rull, as given by Schlickeysen. To this Engraver, the compilers of the Engelhardt Catalogue have attributed the following pieces : Christmas Coins, 1617, issued by Prince Elector John George II. in honour of his mother, Sophia ; 1st type, with legends : VT SALOMON SIC EGO MATREM —MATERNIS PRECIBVS NIHIL FORTIVS, Dickthaler, Half Thaler, Small Dickthaler, and Ortsthalers (2 var.) ; IInd type, with legends: HONOREM HABEBIS MATRI OMNIB . DIEB . VITAE EL— DITANT VOTA MATERNA, Dickthalers (4 var.), Half Thalers (2 var.), Ortsthalers (3 var.) ; — Broad Treble Thaler of 1626, with Kitzkatz's monogram, obv. John George I. on horseback ; issued under the Mint-master Hans Jacob whose initials appear on the R. (illustrated); — Medal of John George I., obv. PRO LEGE—ET GREGE. The Prince-Elector on horseback, to r. R. D : G : IOH : GEOR : DVX SAX IVL : CL : ET MO : ELEC. Helmeted shield of arms; — Another, similar, but dated 1624; — Another, similar, of 1626, with the motto: SCOPVS VYT? ME? CHRISTVS ; — Medal of 1617 presented by John George I. to his Councillors, on his Birthday, 5. March, obv. SITIVIT IN TE ANIMA MEA. Stag drinking at a well in front of tree R. DONVM | SERENISS : PRIN : &c. ; — Small Medal of 1620 on the Beginning of the Saxon campaign against Lausitz and Silesia; — Medal of 1624 on the Convention of Schleusing or Upper Saxon " Kreistag " at Jüterbogk ; obv. PRO LEGE ET GREGE John George I. on horseback R. Shield of arms; — Medal on the " Kreistag" of Upper Saxony, 1626, obv. SCOPVS VIT? ME? CHRISTVS— 1626. The Prince-Elector on horseback; — Medal of 1632 on the Battle of Lützen, and Death of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ; obv. Bust of Gustavus Adolphus R. STANS ACIE PUGNANS VINCENS MORIENSQUE TRIUMPHAT, &c. Sword crowned, adorned with laurel and palm-branches. Bibliography. — Julius und Albert Erbstein, Erörterungen auf dem Gebiete der Sächsischen Münz-und Medaillen-Geschichte bei Verzeichnung der Hofrath Engelhardt'schen Sammlung, Dresden, 1888.
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
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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.
JUNIO THALATIONI, C.
JUNIO THALATIONI, C. (Roman). Probably a Seal and Gem engraver, who also cut coin-dies, during the first century B.C. The Rev. Hands in an article published in Spink's Numismatic Circular , col. 2899 on "The Denarii of the Roman Republic considered as specimens of art" remarks : "From the similarity of work on the seals and the coins we are led to expect that both kinds of work were undertaken by the same craftsmen or artists and this is confirmed by certain inscriptions quoted in Facciolati Le...
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JUNIO THALATIONI, C. (Roman). Probably a Seal and Gem engraver, who also cut coin-dies, during the first century B.C. The Rev. Hands in an article published in Spink's Numismatic Circular , col. 2899 on "The Denarii of the Roman Republic considered as specimens of art" remarks : "From the similarity of work on the seals and the coins we are led to expect that both kinds of work were undertaken by the same craftsmen or artists and this is confirmed by certain inscriptions quoted in Facciolati Le...
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KACHEL, LUDWIG
KACHEL, LUDWIG (Germ.). Medallist and Mint-engraver at Karlsruhe, circa 1826-1874. Some of his medals are signed K, others L. Kachel. In 1834, he was entrusted by the Grand Duke of Baden with the execution of a medal on the consecration of the monument, placed in the chapel of the castle of Pforzheim, in honour of the 400 Pforzheimers who fell at Wimpfen. He is also the author of a medal with portrait of Ludwig, Grand Duke of Baden, and R. the Karlsruhe mint, 1826. A Kronenthaler of Baden, 1836...
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KACHEL, LUDWIG (Germ.). Medallist and Mint-engraver at Karlsruhe, circa 1826-1874. Some of his medals are signed K, others L. Kachel. In 1834, he was entrusted by the Grand Duke of Baden with the execution of a medal on the consecration of the monument, placed in the chapel of the castle of Pforzheim, in honour of the 400 Pforzheimers who fell at Wimpfen. He is also the author of a medal with portrait of Ludwig, Grand Duke of Baden, and R. the Karlsruhe mint, 1826. A Kronenthaler of Baden, 1836...
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KAMM, JEAN DANIEL
KAMM, JEAN DANIEL (French). Die-sinker of Strassburg, end of the eighteenth century, (circ. 1768-1790). His signature KAMM. F. occurs on a variety of the medal struck in commemoration of the election of Philippe Frederic Dietrich, First Mayor of Strassburg, 5. February 1790, and also on the following : Mausoleum of the Marshal de Saxe, in St. Thomas Church, Strassburg; — Portraitmedal of J. B. Schoepflin, 1771 ; — Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Strassburg, 1748, &c. Bibliography. — Hennin, Histo...
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KAMM, JEAN DANIEL (French). Die-sinker of Strassburg, end of the eighteenth century, (circ. 1768-1790). His signature KAMM. F. occurs on a variety of the medal struck in commemoration of the election of Philippe Frederic Dietrich, First Mayor of Strassburg, 5. February 1790, and also on the following : Mausoleum of the Marshal de Saxe, in St. Thomas Church, Strassburg; — Portraitmedal of J. B. Schoepflin, 1771 ; — Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Strassburg, 1748, &c. Bibliography. — Hennin, Histo...
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KARL, HEINRICH
KARL, HEINRICH (Austr.). Medallist at Vienna, first half of the nineteenth century. His signature occurs on the following medals : Battle of Leipzig, 1813 ; — Prize Medal of the Oswald School at Mautern, 1803; — Prize Medal of the English Young Ladies' Boarding School at St. Pölten, 1816; — Visit of the Emperor Francis Joseph I. to Nagy-Banya, 1852 ; — X. Congress of Hungarian Physicians at Neusohl, 1842 (In Boston Coll), etc. His usual signature was H. K. F. Bibliography. — Katalog der Münzen u...
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KARL, HEINRICH (Austr.). Medallist at Vienna, first half of the nineteenth century. His signature occurs on the following medals : Battle of Leipzig, 1813 ; — Prize Medal of the Oswald School at Mautern, 1803; — Prize Medal of the English Young Ladies' Boarding School at St. Pölten, 1816; — Visit of the Emperor Francis Joseph I. to Nagy-Banya, 1852 ; — X. Congress of Hungarian Physicians at Neusohl, 1842 (In Boston Coll), etc. His usual signature was H. K. F. Bibliography. — Katalog der Münzen u...
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