NEUANTOS (Greek). Coin-engraver at the Mint of Cydonia in Crete, circ. 350-308 B.C. The inscription NEYANTO? E?OEl which occurs on a Tetradrachm of Cydonia is known since the eighteenth century, and was published for the first time by the Jesuit father, Froehlich, of Vienna. There can be no doubt as to the signification of this signature which is followed by the word E?OEI. The British Museum possesses a Didrachm of Cydonia, reproduced in Brit. Mus. Cat., Crete, PI. VII, n° 1, and presenting on the obv. the same characteristics of style, which must in all probability have been engraved by the same artist. Instead of the signature, there is behind the head a monogram, in which some have endeavoured to read an Engraver's signature. Mr. Warwick Wroth, in his admirable introduction to the Catalogue of Cretan Coins, gives the following objections against this suggestion : 1. The head is of identical style with that of the signed coin; 2. Cretan engravers never signed in monogram, but always in full, as far as evidence allows us to judge ; 3. The monogram can be better explained by a magistrate's name than by an artist's signature. Bibliography. — W. Wroth, Cretan Coins, Num. Chron., 1884, pp. 1-58. — Id., Introduction to the Brit. Mus. Cat. of Cretan Coins, &c. — Dr B. V. Head, Historia Numorum, pp. 385, 391. — G. Macdonald, Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, II, 178. — Photiades Pacha Sale Catalogue, lot 1245. — Nagler, op. cit.
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
MOUTERDE, EMMANUEL
MOUTERDE, EMMANUEL (French). Son of Louis Antoine Mouterde, born in 1801, died in 1872, and also a Manufacturer of buttons, and Medallist. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Lyons, and obtained in 1820 a first Mention for decorative work. Among his medals are : Bust of — Louis Antoine Mouterde (3 var.) ; Dr Joseph Ferdinand Gensoul, 1858 (signed : E. MOUTERDE;; — Notre-Dame de S. Didier au Mont d'Or ; — CAST MEDALLIONS : Alexandre Pierre Francois Barthélemy Monmartin ; — Robert Francois V...
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MOUTERDE, EMMANUEL (French). Son of Louis Antoine Mouterde, born in 1801, died in 1872, and also a Manufacturer of buttons, and Medallist. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Lyons, and obtained in 1820 a first Mention for decorative work. Among his medals are : Bust of — Louis Antoine Mouterde (3 var.) ; Dr Joseph Ferdinand Gensoul, 1858 (signed : E. MOUTERDE;; — Notre-Dame de S. Didier au Mont d'Or ; — CAST MEDALLIONS : Alexandre Pierre Francois Barthélemy Monmartin ; — Robert Francois V...
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MOUTERDE, JEAN MARIE
MOUTERDE, JEAN MARIE (French). .. 1773- † 1793. Masterfounder, Gilder, and Engraver, of Lyons ; son of Gabriel Mouterde, born 26. April 1748. He engraved various medals, and was one of the promoters of the coinage of pure bell-metal in 1791. He took part in the defence of Lyons, and was guillotined, 26. December 1793. Mouterde was the first to utilise pure bell-metal for purposes of coinage ; his dizains are well-known. His name, in conjunction with those of Mercié and Mathieu, occurs on the fol...
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MOUTERDE, JEAN MARIE (French). .. 1773- † 1793. Masterfounder, Gilder, and Engraver, of Lyons ; son of Gabriel Mouterde, born 26. April 1748. He engraved various medals, and was one of the promoters of the coinage of pure bell-metal in 1791. He took part in the defence of Lyons, and was guillotined, 26. December 1793. Mouterde was the first to utilise pure bell-metal for purposes of coinage ; his dizains are well-known. His name, in conjunction with those of Mercié and Mathieu, occurs on the fol...
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MOUTERDE, LOUIS ANTOINE JEAN
MOUTERDE, LOUIS ANTOINE JEAN (French). Cousin of Emmanuel Mouterde ; born in 1812; pupil of Jean Jacques Barre, 1830-1833; was also more of a Die-sinker than a Medallist, but he however produced several medals and medallions, which are signed : L. MOUTERDE F., or L. F. ENGRAVED MEDALS : Joseph Charles Jacquard, 1834; — Bonne foi et Justice; R. Tribunal de commerce de Lyon, 1835 ; — Conseil municipal de Lyon, 1838 ; — The Virgin and St. Anne ; R. St. Blandine. — CAST MEDALLIONS : J. C. Jacquard,...
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MOUTERDE, LOUIS ANTOINE JEAN (French). Cousin of Emmanuel Mouterde ; born in 1812; pupil of Jean Jacques Barre, 1830-1833; was also more of a Die-sinker than a Medallist, but he however produced several medals and medallions, which are signed : L. MOUTERDE F., or L. F. ENGRAVED MEDALS : Joseph Charles Jacquard, 1834; — Bonne foi et Justice; R. Tribunal de commerce de Lyon, 1835 ; — Conseil municipal de Lyon, 1838 ; — The Virgin and St. Anne ; R. St. Blandine. — CAST MEDALLIONS : J. C. Jacquard,...
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MUDIE, JAMES
MUDIE, JAMES (Brit.). Issuer of a series of medals, styled “ National Medals", commemorating British Victories over the French, under the reign of George III., to whose son, George IV., the work was dedicated. The collection cost the publisher, in addition to six years' devotion of his time and trouble, upwards of ? 10.000. This series, to which various British and foreign artists contributed, consists of the following pieces : 1. George III., Religion, Faith, and Constancy, 1817 (Webb and Depau...
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MUDIE, JAMES (Brit.). Issuer of a series of medals, styled “ National Medals", commemorating British Victories over the French, under the reign of George III., to whose son, George IV., the work was dedicated. The collection cost the publisher, in addition to six years' devotion of his time and trouble, upwards of ? 10.000. This series, to which various British and foreign artists contributed, consists of the following pieces : 1. George III., Religion, Faith, and Constancy, 1817 (Webb and Depau...
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