LÉGER, GEUFFROY (French). Mint-engraver at Troyes, some time previous to and until 1515 .
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
LASSUS, NICOLAS DE
LASSUS, NICOLAS DE (French). Goldsmith, Medallist and Mintengraver at Nancy, circa 1569-1574. He worked for Charles III., Duke of Lorraine. Lepage quotes various documents recording payments made to him for work done in connection with the Mint. Coins and medals of Charles III. exist by him, and he may be also the author of a medal with his own portrait, and the legend : N.DE.LASSVS.AETATIS.26.1570 (diam. 65 mill.). Bibliography. — Lepage, Notes et Documents sur les Graveurs de Monnaies et Médai...
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LASSUS, NICOLAS DE (French). Goldsmith, Medallist and Mintengraver at Nancy, circa 1569-1574. He worked for Charles III., Duke of Lorraine. Lepage quotes various documents recording payments made to him for work done in connection with the Mint. Coins and medals of Charles III. exist by him, and he may be also the author of a medal with his own portrait, and the legend : N.DE.LASSVS.AETATIS.26.1570 (diam. 65 mill.). Bibliography. — Lepage, Notes et Documents sur les Graveurs de Monnaies et Médai...
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LATHEM, LIEVIN VAN
LATHEM, LIEVIN VAN (Belg.). Goldsmith and Seal-engraver, mentioned from circ. 1493, and who died in 1515, at Antwerp, where he resided. By him are Seals of the Archduke Philip the Fair ; — Gerard Numan ; — Archduchess Margaret of Austria, sister of Philip; — Seals for the Chancery of Brabant (executed in conjunction with Jan Van Nymmegen) ; — Seal of Philip the Fair for the Netherlands, after Philip's inheritance of the crown of Castile, on the death of Isabella, 1504; — Seals with arms of the E...
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LATHEM, LIEVIN VAN (Belg.). Goldsmith and Seal-engraver, mentioned from circ. 1493, and who died in 1515, at Antwerp, where he resided. By him are Seals of the Archduke Philip the Fair ; — Gerard Numan ; — Archduchess Margaret of Austria, sister of Philip; — Seals for the Chancery of Brabant (executed in conjunction with Jan Van Nymmegen) ; — Seal of Philip the Fair for the Netherlands, after Philip's inheritance of the crown of Castile, on the death of Isabella, 1504; — Seals with arms of the E...
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LATIMER, WILLIAM LORD
LATIMER, WILLIAM LORD (Brit.). Mint-engraver in London, under Edward III., and Richard II. (1329-1381). We read in Ruding : " After the death of Lord Boutetourt, in the 18th, year of Edward II., Maud his widow sold this office to William Lord Latimer, for himself and his heirs, in the 3rd. year of Edward III. As he made that purchase without the king's license having been first obtained, he was obliged to sue out his pardon ; which was allowed ; and the king further granted for himself and his h...
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LATIMER, WILLIAM LORD (Brit.). Mint-engraver in London, under Edward III., and Richard II. (1329-1381). We read in Ruding : " After the death of Lord Boutetourt, in the 18th, year of Edward II., Maud his widow sold this office to William Lord Latimer, for himself and his heirs, in the 3rd. year of Edward III. As he made that purchase without the king's license having been first obtained, he was obliged to sue out his pardon ; which was allowed ; and the king further granted for himself and his h...
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LAUER, HANS CHRISTOPH
LAUER, HANS CHRISTOPH (Germ.). Mint-master at Nuremberg, 1623-1639 (Kull, II, 710). Lauer was a Goldsmith by profession, and according to Gebert, he applied for the post of Master of the Mint in October 1618, and already in the same year, on the 9. December, he was entrusted with the issue of 150 Goldgulden for Würzburg, which bear his distinctive mark, a star. In 1619, Lauer restruck a large number of foreign gold coins into Nuremberg Goldgulden; again in 1620, and 1621, he was ordered to coin ...
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LAUER, HANS CHRISTOPH (Germ.). Mint-master at Nuremberg, 1623-1639 (Kull, II, 710). Lauer was a Goldsmith by profession, and according to Gebert, he applied for the post of Master of the Mint in October 1618, and already in the same year, on the 9. December, he was entrusted with the issue of 150 Goldgulden for Würzburg, which bear his distinctive mark, a star. In 1619, Lauer restruck a large number of foreign gold coins into Nuremberg Goldgulden; again in 1620, and 1621, he was ordered to coin ...
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