LELIO SCAJOLI. Mint-master at Parma, 1580-1604.
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.
LAUFFER, LAZARUS GOTTLIEB
LAUFFER, LAZARUS GOTTLIEB (Germ.). Counter-manufacturer at Nuremberg, 1660- 1700. Ammon says that he was Mint-master there in 1670, and Chief Mint-Warden of the district of Franconia. Franks and Grueber call him "Medallist and Chief Warden of the Mint at Nuremberg from 1670 to 1690 ", and add : " After this date he appears to have gone to Vienna and to have worked in partnership with Georg Hautsch ", a statment which I have not been able to confirm. It is evident that Geo. Hautsch contributed to...
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LAUFFER, LAZARUS GOTTLIEB (Germ.). Counter-manufacturer at Nuremberg, 1660- 1700. Ammon says that he was Mint-master there in 1670, and Chief Mint-Warden of the district of Franconia. Franks and Grueber call him "Medallist and Chief Warden of the Mint at Nuremberg from 1670 to 1690 ", and add : " After this date he appears to have gone to Vienna and to have worked in partnership with Georg Hautsch ", a statment which I have not been able to confirm. It is evident that Geo. Hautsch contributed to...
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LAUFFER, MATHÄUS
LAUFFER, MATHÄUS (Germ.). Counter-manufacturer and Bellfounder at Nuremberg, 1618-1625; Mint-master there in 1622. Neumann describes eleven varieties of counters issued by him : Gottes Segen macht reig (MATHEVS LAVFER); — Der Neid thutt mi selbst Leidt ; — Louis XIII. (several varieties); — Joab and Amasa (MATTHEVS LAVFFER); — Ambitios a Superbia (M. LAVF.); — Aut Caesar aut Nihil (MAT : LAV : and M. LAV,) ; — Louis XIII. , 1618 (other varieties, signed M. L.; — M. LAVFFER; — M. LAVF) ; — Soli D...
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LAUFFER, MATHÄUS (Germ.). Counter-manufacturer and Bellfounder at Nuremberg, 1618-1625; Mint-master there in 1622. Neumann describes eleven varieties of counters issued by him : Gottes Segen macht reig (MATHEVS LAVFER); — Der Neid thutt mi selbst Leidt ; — Louis XIII. (several varieties); — Joab and Amasa (MATTHEVS LAVFFER); — Ambitios a Superbia (M. LAVF.); — Aut Caesar aut Nihil (MAT : LAV : and M. LAV,) ; — Louis XIII. , 1618 (other varieties, signed M. L.; — M. LAVFFER; — M. LAVF) ; — Soli D...
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LAUFFER, WOLFGANG
LAUFFER, WOLFGANG (Germ.). Counter-manufacturer at Nuremberg, circ. 1618-1660. His counters are very numerous. Among the best known are : Gottes Segen macht reich (WOLF.LAVFER) ; — Got alein di Ehre sei (WOLFF LAVFER IN NVRBER); — Wer Got vertraut hat (WVLF LAVFER.IN.NVRMBE.), and other mottoes; — Gottes Reich bleibt ewig (WOLF LAVFER IN NURNBERG) ;— Anfang bedenks endt; — J'aime et suis aimé; — Louis XIV. (sev. var.); — Louis XIII. (sev. var.); — The French Dauphin (sev. var.); — Ich hab die an...
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LAUFFER, WOLFGANG (Germ.). Counter-manufacturer at Nuremberg, circ. 1618-1660. His counters are very numerous. Among the best known are : Gottes Segen macht reich (WOLF.LAVFER) ; — Got alein di Ehre sei (WOLFF LAVFER IN NVRBER); — Wer Got vertraut hat (WVLF LAVFER.IN.NVRMBE.), and other mottoes; — Gottes Reich bleibt ewig (WOLF LAVFER IN NURNBERG) ;— Anfang bedenks endt; — J'aime et suis aimé; — Louis XIV. (sev. var.); — Louis XIII. (sev. var.); — The French Dauphin (sev. var.); — Ich hab die an...
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LAUCH, BALTHASAR
LAUCH, BALTHASAR (Germ.). Goldsmith and Medallist of Leipzig, second half of the seveenteenth century. His dated medals, mostly cast oval medallions of good workmanship, were produced between 1669 and 1683. Among these are the following : " Gnadenpfennige " of John George II., 1669 (signed B. L. on R.; three varieties, one illustrated) ; — Ernest the Pious of Gotha and his consort Elizabeth Sophia of Altenburg (unsigned, but attributed to Lauch by Dr Merzbacher) ; — Jacob Boehme, the sophist and...
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LAUCH, BALTHASAR (Germ.). Goldsmith and Medallist of Leipzig, second half of the seveenteenth century. His dated medals, mostly cast oval medallions of good workmanship, were produced between 1669 and 1683. Among these are the following : " Gnadenpfennige " of John George II., 1669 (signed B. L. on R.; three varieties, one illustrated) ; — Ernest the Pious of Gotha and his consort Elizabeth Sophia of Altenburg (unsigned, but attributed to Lauch by Dr Merzbacher) ; — Jacob Boehme, the sophist and...
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