Silver Medal, Berlin. 0000.999.35956

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.35956

Physical Description

  • Axis: 12

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 13.91
    • Diameter (in mm): 36

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Medal
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Silver
  • Symbol: LOOS

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: VERGANGENHEIT, GEGENWART, ZUKUNFT/ AUS ALLEN SCHOPFE DIR FREUDEN (="Past, Now, Future/ from everything create happiness")
    • Type: Janus face-bust, on small pedestal overgrown by ivy.

  • Reverse

    • Legend: None.
    • Type: Zodiacal circle, shone upon by sun.

References

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 0000.999.35956
  • Lot: 0000.999
  • Department: Medals and Decorations
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Made for New Year or Birthday celebrations. Not clear when made exactly, dies were re-used by Gottfried Loos, second son of Daniel Friedrich Loos.

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
  • Rights: Copyright Undetermined