KUTSCHKIN, MICHAEL (Russ.). Medallist of St. Petersburg, 1845-1872. He signed his productions M.K. or P.?.K. He was apprenticed at the Technical School of the Mining and Technological Institute of St. Petersburg ; appointed Medallist to the St. Petersburg Mint in 1845. By him are the following copies of earlier medals : Peace of Carlowitz, 1690; — Capture of Riga, 1710; — Naval Victory of Tweremünde, 1714; — Capture of four Swedish Frigates at Grönhamn, 1720; — Building of a Foundling Hospital at Moscow (after Jäger), &c. Bibliography. — Schlickeysen-Pallmann, op. cit. — Iversen, Medaillen auf die Thaten Peter des Grossen, 1872.
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
KOCH, JOHANN
KOCH, JOHANN (Germ.). Mint-master at Dresden, 1688-1698. His initials occur on the coins issued by him of John George III. of Saxony: Thalers, Gulden, &c. of 1690, Begräbnissthalers, Gulden, &c. of 1691; — John George IV : Reichsthaler, 1691 (illustrated); Thaler on the Elector's Inauguration as a Knight of the Order of the Garter; " Begräbnissthalers", and Gulden, 1694; — Frederick Augustus I. : Thaler (illustrated) and subdivisions of 1696, Courant- Thaler on the Birth of the Prince Elector Fr...
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KOCH, JOHANN (Germ.). Mint-master at Dresden, 1688-1698. His initials occur on the coins issued by him of John George III. of Saxony: Thalers, Gulden, &c. of 1690, Begräbnissthalers, Gulden, &c. of 1691; — John George IV : Reichsthaler, 1691 (illustrated); Thaler on the Elector's Inauguration as a Knight of the Order of the Garter; " Begräbnissthalers", and Gulden, 1694; — Frederick Augustus I. : Thaler (illustrated) and subdivisions of 1696, Courant- Thaler on the Birth of the Prince Elector Fr...
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KOCH, JOHANN CHRISTIAN
KOCH, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (Germ.). Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century; born at Aken on the Elbe in 1680 ; died in 1742 ; son of Nicolaus K. of Zerbst. He was a pupil of Christian Wermuth and Raimund Faltz ; entered about 1706 the service of the Dukes of Saxe-Gotha, for whom he worked until his death as Mint-engraver at Gotha, 1730-1742. By this Medallist are the following commemorative medals. Death of John William, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, 1707 (signed KOCH F. on obv. and KOCH. FECIT...
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KOCH, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (Germ.). Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century; born at Aken on the Elbe in 1680 ; died in 1742 ; son of Nicolaus K. of Zerbst. He was a pupil of Christian Wermuth and Raimund Faltz ; entered about 1706 the service of the Dukes of Saxe-Gotha, for whom he worked until his death as Mint-engraver at Gotha, 1730-1742. By this Medallist are the following commemorative medals. Death of John William, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, 1707 (signed KOCH F. on obv. and KOCH. FECIT...
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KOCH, KILIAN
KOCH, KILIAN or CHILIAN (Germ.). A Nuremberg Countermanufacturer of the end of the sixteenth century. His counters, some of which are dated 1587, 1588, 1600, &c., are not quite so common as those of his great competitors, the KRAUWINKELS and their successors, the LAUFFERS, &c. A number of Counters by Kilian Koch are described in Neumann, Kupfer-Münzen, vol. V, nos 32203-21 ; also in Katalog des numismatisch sphragistischen Sammlungen des Herrn Heinrich Lempertz Senior Zu Köln, 1899, nos 4090-409...
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KOCH, KILIAN or CHILIAN (Germ.). A Nuremberg Countermanufacturer of the end of the sixteenth century. His counters, some of which are dated 1587, 1588, 1600, &c., are not quite so common as those of his great competitors, the KRAUWINKELS and their successors, the LAUFFERS, &c. A number of Counters by Kilian Koch are described in Neumann, Kupfer-Münzen, vol. V, nos 32203-21 ; also in Katalog des numismatisch sphragistischen Sammlungen des Herrn Heinrich Lempertz Senior Zu Köln, 1899, nos 4090-409...
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KOINOS
KOINOS (Greek). Gem-engraver, whose signature KOINOY occurs on a small amethyst, formerly in the Ficorini collection, and which represents a Hunter standing and leaning on cippus, at the foot of which is a dog; a type which reminds one of the celebrated statue known as Narcissus. King observes that " the legend behind the figure reads clearly KOINOY, though variously misread. Koehler, as usual, ascribed this work to Natter, forgetting that it had been already published by Stosch in 1724, whereas...
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KOINOS (Greek). Gem-engraver, whose signature KOINOY occurs on a small amethyst, formerly in the Ficorini collection, and which represents a Hunter standing and leaning on cippus, at the foot of which is a dog; a type which reminds one of the celebrated statue known as Narcissus. King observes that " the legend behind the figure reads clearly KOINOY, though variously misread. Koehler, as usual, ascribed this work to Natter, forgetting that it had been already published by Stosch in 1724, whereas...
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