LAA, AMBROISE (French). Mint-master at Bayonne, from an IV to XI of the First Republic. The coins struck under him bear as distinctive mark, a lion's head.
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.
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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KÖNIG, ANTON FRIEDRICH (2.)
KÖNIG, ANTON FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Son of the celebrated Berlin Miniature Court Painter of the same name; born on June 13, 1756; died January 2, 1838. He learned engraving at the Diesinking establishment of Loos and under the supervision of the Director-general of the Berlin Mint, Singer. On the 1st of September 1776, the young artist was called to the post of Medallist and Mintengraver at Breslau, and remained in office there until the spring of 1805, when he retired with a pension. In the next ye...
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KÖNIG, ANTON FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Son of the celebrated Berlin Miniature Court Painter of the same name; born on June 13, 1756; died January 2, 1838. He learned engraving at the Diesinking establishment of Loos and under the supervision of the Director-general of the Berlin Mint, Singer. On the 1st of September 1776, the young artist was called to the post of Medallist and Mintengraver at Breslau, and remained in office there until the spring of 1805, when he retired with a pension. In the next ye...
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KONSE
KONSE or KONZE, C. F. (Dutch). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century ; pupil of Lageman. By him are the following medals in the Museum at The Hague : Inauguration of Willem V. as Stadhouder, 1766; — Visit of Prince Willem V. and consort, Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina to Amsterdam, 1768; — Birth of the Prince of Orange, 28. November 1770 ; — The Walloon Orphanage at Amsterdam, 1770; — Inauguration of the Lutheran Deaconry at Amsterdam, 1771 ; — Peter Curtenius, theologian of Amste...
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KONSE or KONZE, C. F. (Dutch). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century ; pupil of Lageman. By him are the following medals in the Museum at The Hague : Inauguration of Willem V. as Stadhouder, 1766; — Visit of Prince Willem V. and consort, Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina to Amsterdam, 1768; — Birth of the Prince of Orange, 28. November 1770 ; — The Walloon Orphanage at Amsterdam, 1770; — Inauguration of the Lutheran Deaconry at Amsterdam, 1771 ; — Peter Curtenius, theologian of Amste...
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