MOYNE, GUILLAUME LE (French). Mint-master at Arras, 6 June to 2. September 1424.
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.
MOLARD
MOLARD or MOLART, MICHEL (French). Medallist of the second half of the seventeenth century, born at Dieppe, where he first practised carving in ivory. Later he settled in Paris. The date of his activity is comprised between 1643 and 1694. He worked on the medallic series of Louis XIV., and had an apartment in the Louvre, from about 1684 to 1703. According to Guiffrey, he probably died in the early months of 1714. This Engraver's signature occurs in various forms : MOLART. F.; — MOLARD. F.; — M. ...
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MOLARD or MOLART, MICHEL (French). Medallist of the second half of the seventeenth century, born at Dieppe, where he first practised carving in ivory. Later he settled in Paris. The date of his activity is comprised between 1643 and 1694. He worked on the medallic series of Louis XIV., and had an apartment in the Louvre, from about 1684 to 1703. According to Guiffrey, he probably died in the early months of 1714. This Engraver's signature occurs in various forms : MOLART. F.; — MOLARD. F.; — M. ...
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MOLARINHO, JOSÉ ARNALDO NOGUEIRA
MOLARINHO, JOSÉ ARNALDO NOGUEIRA (Portug.). A native of Guimara?s, and a Medallist of merit, who lived at Porto during the second and third quarters of the nineteenth century. He was employed at the Mint of that city as Engraver, and, says Arag?o, his numerous works in die-sinking are justly appreciated. I have noticed his signature on medals of the — Inauguration of the Minho Railway, 1875, and Douro Railway, 1879; — Angola Expedition, 1860; — Prize Medal of the Braga Exhibition, 1863 ; — Frien...
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MOLARINHO, JOSÉ ARNALDO NOGUEIRA (Portug.). A native of Guimara?s, and a Medallist of merit, who lived at Porto during the second and third quarters of the nineteenth century. He was employed at the Mint of that city as Engraver, and, says Arag?o, his numerous works in die-sinking are justly appreciated. I have noticed his signature on medals of the — Inauguration of the Minho Railway, 1875, and Douro Railway, 1879; — Angola Expedition, 1860; — Prize Medal of the Braga Exhibition, 1863 ; — Frien...
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MOLL, ANTON
MOLL, ANTON (Austr.). Chief-engraver at the Mint of Vienna, 1754-1758. He had been Assistant-engraver from 1750-1754. His signature : A. MOLL F. occurs also on medals, as on that of 1757, commemorating the Victory of Count Daun over the Prussians at Kolin, and a religious Badge with representation of Christ and the Virgin. Moll was the son of a Tyrolian sculptor; he married in 1757 a sculptor's widow, Francesca Donner, but died in the following year. Bibliography. — Katalog der K. K. Münzstempel...
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MOLL, ANTON (Austr.). Chief-engraver at the Mint of Vienna, 1754-1758. He had been Assistant-engraver from 1750-1754. His signature : A. MOLL F. occurs also on medals, as on that of 1757, commemorating the Victory of Count Daun over the Prussians at Kolin, and a religious Badge with representation of Christ and the Virgin. Moll was the son of a Tyrolian sculptor; he married in 1757 a sculptor's widow, Francesca Donner, but died in the following year. Bibliography. — Katalog der K. K. Münzstempel...
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MOLOSSOS
MOLOSSOS (Greek). Mint-engraver at Thurium, circ. 404-388 B.C. All scholars, Raoul Rochette, von Sallet, Brunn, Dr Head, Evans, Blanchet, etc., are agreed that the signature MO?O??O? on Thurian coins refers to the Engraver of the dies and not to a magistrate. On a Didrachm in the British Museum collection, the artist's full signature occurs on the exergual line of the R, and abbreviated to M on the obv., a repetition of the same signature on both sides of coins, which has already been observed o...
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MOLOSSOS (Greek). Mint-engraver at Thurium, circ. 404-388 B.C. All scholars, Raoul Rochette, von Sallet, Brunn, Dr Head, Evans, Blanchet, etc., are agreed that the signature MO?O??O? on Thurian coins refers to the Engraver of the dies and not to a magistrate. On a Didrachm in the British Museum collection, the artist's full signature occurs on the exergual line of the R, and abbreviated to M on the obv., a repetition of the same signature on both sides of coins, which has already been observed o...
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