Ö FERAL, FRIEDRICH WILHELM (Germ.). Vide Vol. II, p. 87. Mint-master and Engraver to the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, Frederick Augustus, at Dresden, 1734-1764. His signature Ö F.; — F. W. O F., or Ö FERRAL occurs on Thalers, Gulden, Groschen, &c, issued under him for Saxony and Poland; also on coins of the successor of Frederick Augustus II., Frederick Christian, who only reigned a few months. Almost the entire coinage of Frederick Augustus II., says Mr. F. C. Higgins, was the signed work of the famous Mintmaster, Frederick William ô Feral, who produced however little of original conception, unless it be the beautiful Vicariats series of 1741, showing on the obv. an artistic equestrian figure of the King in armour, laureated, and with drawn sword, surrounded by his titles, and on R. the Electoral throne with the conjoined arms upon the breast of the Imperial eagle, and upon the throne the Polish crown, sceptre, orb, and mantle, with inscription : IN PROVINCIIS IVR. SAXON . PROVISOR . ET VICARIUS. 1741.
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.
NESTI, VITTORIO
NESTI, VITTORIO (Ital.). Sculptor, and Medallist at Florence, during the second quarter of the nineteenth century. He has executed Portrait-medals, mostly bearing inscriptions on the reverses. His best known medallic productions are: Antonio Allegri, 1825 ; — Bernardo Luino; — Ferdinand, Count of Bubna-Lititz, Commander-general of Lombardy (on his death, 1825); — Diodara Saluzzo, poetess, 1842 ; — Juditha Pasta ; — Gioacchino Rossini ; — Maria Felicit? Malibran, 1834 ; — Antonietta de Montenegr...
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NESTI, VITTORIO (Ital.). Sculptor, and Medallist at Florence, during the second quarter of the nineteenth century. He has executed Portrait-medals, mostly bearing inscriptions on the reverses. His best known medallic productions are: Antonio Allegri, 1825 ; — Bernardo Luino; — Ferdinand, Count of Bubna-Lititz, Commander-general of Lombardy (on his death, 1825); — Diodara Saluzzo, poetess, 1842 ; — Juditha Pasta ; — Gioacchino Rossini ; — Maria Felicit? Malibran, 1834 ; — Antonietta de Montenegr...
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NETZER, HEINRICH
NETZER, HEINRICH (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist, born in 1865 at Isny in Wurtemberg; a pupil of the Academy of Munich. His Marriage-medal of Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, 1900, is reproduced in Die Moderne Medaille, 1900, p. 69, and presents on obv. a figure of Hymen, accompanied by the legend : YMENAIO?. It is of powerful design and originality. This artist's works of sculpture are better known, as the Triton in the Herzog Wilhelmsstrasse at Munich, the colossal group of Prometheus in the new...
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NETZER, HEINRICH (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist, born in 1865 at Isny in Wurtemberg; a pupil of the Academy of Munich. His Marriage-medal of Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, 1900, is reproduced in Die Moderne Medaille, 1900, p. 69, and presents on obv. a figure of Hymen, accompanied by the legend : YMENAIO?. It is of powerful design and originality. This artist's works of sculpture are better known, as the Triton in the Herzog Wilhelmsstrasse at Munich, the colossal group of Prometheus in the new...
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NEUANTOS
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...
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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...
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NEUBAUER, ERNST GEORG
NEUBAUER, ERNST GEORG (Germ.). Mint-master at Berlin, 1725- 1749 ; probably, as Ammon states, a son of Johann Georg Neubauer. His signature EGN occurs on the following coins : Frederick William I. AI. Double Ducats, 1732-1733; Ducats, 1725, 1726, 1728-1740; Half Ducats, 1726; Wilhelms d'or, 1737-1740; Half Wilhelms d'or, 1738-1740; — AR. Thalers, 1727. — Frederick II. AI. Friedrichs d'or, 1741-1743, 1746; Double Ducats, 1749; Double Ducats, 1741-1749; — AR. Thalers, 1741 ; Gulden, 1741 ; Half G...
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NEUBAUER, ERNST GEORG (Germ.). Mint-master at Berlin, 1725- 1749 ; probably, as Ammon states, a son of Johann Georg Neubauer. His signature EGN occurs on the following coins : Frederick William I. AI. Double Ducats, 1732-1733; Ducats, 1725, 1726, 1728-1740; Half Ducats, 1726; Wilhelms d'or, 1737-1740; Half Wilhelms d'or, 1738-1740; — AR. Thalers, 1727. — Frederick II. AI. Friedrichs d'or, 1741-1743, 1746; Double Ducats, 1749; Double Ducats, 1741-1749; — AR. Thalers, 1741 ; Gulden, 1741 ; Half G...
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