MARCO BOLLANI. Podesta at Padua, 1498.
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
LUTMA, JAN FILIUS
LUTMA, JAN FILIUS (Dutch). Goldsmith and Engraver, born at Amsterdam in 1605 or 1609, died there in 1685. His engravings are numerous and of very fine execution remarks Mr. Grueber, but his initials occur on one medal only. " It is on a commemorative medal of the Peace of Breda, 1667, signed on obv. An oval medal, representing on one side a half-length figure of Admiral Martin Herp. Van Tromp between the initials F—L (Filius Lutma) is also by this artist, and another medal by Lutma junr is pres...
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LUTMA, JAN FILIUS (Dutch). Goldsmith and Engraver, born at Amsterdam in 1605 or 1609, died there in 1685. His engravings are numerous and of very fine execution remarks Mr. Grueber, but his initials occur on one medal only. " It is on a commemorative medal of the Peace of Breda, 1667, signed on obv. An oval medal, representing on one side a half-length figure of Admiral Martin Herp. Van Tromp between the initials F—L (Filius Lutma) is also by this artist, and another medal by Lutma junr is pres...
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LUTWYCHE, WILLIAM
LUTWYCHE, WILLIAM (Brit.). A Birmingham Die-sinker and Manufacturer of tokens, towards the end of the eighteenth century and during the early years of the nineteenth. He issued large quantities of Tokens for tradesmen all over the country, as well as for himself. We read in Davis' Token Coinage of Warwickshire, p. 24 that "he issued over two tons of his private pieces, on which a large and unjustifiable profit was made. The extent of the fraud on the public was great, for it was afterwards disco...
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LUTWYCHE, WILLIAM (Brit.). A Birmingham Die-sinker and Manufacturer of tokens, towards the end of the eighteenth century and during the early years of the nineteenth. He issued large quantities of Tokens for tradesmen all over the country, as well as for himself. We read in Davis' Token Coinage of Warwickshire, p. 24 that "he issued over two tons of his private pieces, on which a large and unjustifiable profit was made. The extent of the fraud on the public was great, for it was afterwards disco...
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LYNCH, LYNCHE
LYNCH, LYNCHE or LINCHE, GERMAYNE or GERMYN (Brit.). Mintmaster for Ireland under Henry VI. and anni 1-13 of Edward IV., and Graver of the puncheons. He was granted a patent for the coinage of Groats, Half-groats, Pennies, Halfpennies or Mailles, and Farthings or Quadrantes, to be issued at the various mints of Dublin, Cork, Drogheda, Limerick, Trim, Waterford, and Wexford. Chaffers Gilda Aurifabrorum, p. 37, gives the following information on Lynche: " German Lynche of London, Goldsmith, Warden...
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LYNCH, LYNCHE or LINCHE, GERMAYNE or GERMYN (Brit.). Mintmaster for Ireland under Henry VI. and anni 1-13 of Edward IV., and Graver of the puncheons. He was granted a patent for the coinage of Groats, Half-groats, Pennies, Halfpennies or Mailles, and Farthings or Quadrantes, to be issued at the various mints of Dublin, Cork, Drogheda, Limerick, Trim, Waterford, and Wexford. Chaffers Gilda Aurifabrorum, p. 37, gives the following information on Lynche: " German Lynche of London, Goldsmith, Warden...
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LYSIPPUS
LYSIPPUS (Ital.). Medallist of the second half of the fifteenth century ; a nephew of Cristoforo di Geremia. Friedländer was the first to place his name among the medallists,, and more recently Herr von Fabriczy has been able to add several medals to the already known list of his works. Raphael of Volterra informs us that Lysippus was entrusted with the execution of a medal of Pope Paul II. († 1471), and as he wrote at the beginning of the sixteenth century, we can fairly accept his assertion. H...
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LYSIPPUS (Ital.). Medallist of the second half of the fifteenth century ; a nephew of Cristoforo di Geremia. Friedländer was the first to place his name among the medallists,, and more recently Herr von Fabriczy has been able to add several medals to the already known list of his works. Raphael of Volterra informs us that Lysippus was entrusted with the execution of a medal of Pope Paul II. († 1471), and as he wrote at the beginning of the sixteenth century, we can fairly accept his assertion. H...
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