LOVETT, JOHN D. (Amer.). Brother of the last ; also a Die-sinker at New York .
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
LIÉNARD, P. G.
LIÉNARD, P. G. (French). Medallist of the early part of the nineteenth century, residing at Paris, who issued a large series of oval Portrait-plaques, uniface, of celebrated Men, ancient and modern. One of these bears the reverse inscription : MEDAILLEUR GÉNÉRAL DES HOMMES CÉL?BRES OU FAMEUX ANCIENS ET MODERNES COMMENCÉ EN 1801 PAR P. G. LIÉNARD A PARIS. The series is a very large one ; the plaques are oval in shape and of repoussé work, generally with the name of the person represented. The fol...
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LIÉNARD, P. G. (French). Medallist of the early part of the nineteenth century, residing at Paris, who issued a large series of oval Portrait-plaques, uniface, of celebrated Men, ancient and modern. One of these bears the reverse inscription : MEDAILLEUR GÉNÉRAL DES HOMMES CÉL?BRES OU FAMEUX ANCIENS ET MODERNES COMMENCÉ EN 1801 PAR P. G. LIÉNARD A PARIS. The series is a very large one ; the plaques are oval in shape and of repoussé work, generally with the name of the person represented. The fol...
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LIGORIO, PIRRO
LIGORIO, PIRRO (Ital.). A Neapolitan Forger of the seventeenth century, whose productions are commonly known as " Ligoriana ", and consist mostly of ancient coins, probably Roman Imperial copper coins, which he cleverly patinated, also coins and medals of Popes and Cardinals, amongst which the medal of Cardinal Jacomo Savello (later Pope Honorius IV., 1285-1287), &c. Prof. Dressel of Berlin suggests that many of the so-called Paduans are probably by Ligorio, and quotes the following documents co...
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LIGORIO, PIRRO (Ital.). A Neapolitan Forger of the seventeenth century, whose productions are commonly known as " Ligoriana ", and consist mostly of ancient coins, probably Roman Imperial copper coins, which he cleverly patinated, also coins and medals of Popes and Cardinals, amongst which the medal of Cardinal Jacomo Savello (later Pope Honorius IV., 1285-1287), &c. Prof. Dressel of Berlin suggests that many of the so-called Paduans are probably by Ligorio, and quotes the following documents co...
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LINCK, JOHANN
LINCK, JOHANN (Germ.). Medallist and Mint-engraver at Heidelberg, 1659-1711. His initials occur in 1690 on currency of the Bishop of Würzburg, and some of his medals are signed : LINCK; or I. LINCK sculp. Heidelbergae. Amongst his productions are : Frankfurt Medal of Leopold I., 1696 (signed : I.L.); —Peace of St-Germain-en-Laye, and Fontainebleau, 1679 (signed : LINCK : sculp. Heidelbergae). A Thaler of Charles, Count Palatine of the Rhine, 1681, bears the initials IL which refer to a Mint-mast...
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LINCK, JOHANN (Germ.). Medallist and Mint-engraver at Heidelberg, 1659-1711. His initials occur in 1690 on currency of the Bishop of Würzburg, and some of his medals are signed : LINCK; or I. LINCK sculp. Heidelbergae. Amongst his productions are : Frankfurt Medal of Leopold I., 1696 (signed : I.L.); —Peace of St-Germain-en-Laye, and Fontainebleau, 1679 (signed : LINCK : sculp. Heidelbergae). A Thaler of Charles, Count Palatine of the Rhine, 1681, bears the initials IL which refer to a Mint-mast...
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LINCKE
LINCKE or LYNCH or LINCHE, GERMAYNE (Brit.). Master of the Mints in Ireland, from the end of Henry VI. 's reign to the 13th year of Edward IV. He was indicted, An 12 Edward IV. (1462) "for that when the statute said, that every pound of Bullion coined, should be forty-four shillings in money, he coined out of every pound forty-eight shillings, and that he coined at Drogheda one thousand groats, which being tried, it was found that eleven weighed but three-quarters of an ounce" and found guilty; ...
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LINCKE or LYNCH or LINCHE, GERMAYNE (Brit.). Master of the Mints in Ireland, from the end of Henry VI. 's reign to the 13th year of Edward IV. He was indicted, An 12 Edward IV. (1462) "for that when the statute said, that every pound of Bullion coined, should be forty-four shillings in money, he coined out of every pound forty-eight shillings, and that he coined at Drogheda one thousand groats, which being tried, it was found that eleven weighed but three-quarters of an ounce" and found guilty; ...
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