Historical Medals and Coins

Bronze and silver medals illustrating historical events and figures, emphasizing classic craftsmanship and design from different eras.

The honey lamb Renaud Jean-Martin, said Renaud de Sarreguemines (1746-1821). Medallion: Lamb. The honey lamb. Terracotta, light brown color matte, with metal strapping.
The honey lamb Renaud Jean-Martin, said Renaud de Sarreguemines (1746-1821). Medallion: Lamb. The honey lamb. Terracotta, light brown color matte, with metal strapping.
Grahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics.Fryderyk Wilhelm II (1786  1797), a medal for Stanisław August Poniatowski commemorating the Sejm and a resolution on enlargement of the army Loos, Daniel Friedrich (1735 1819), Loos, Friedrich Wilhelm (1767 ca 1819)Jean Warin, Fortune Chained to a Chariot Carrying Fame and France (reverse), 1630 Fortune Chained to a Chariot Carrying Fame and France reverseJ. van Dishoecke, Medal in honor of Reverend Balthasar Bekker, penning footage tin, bust Balthasar Bekker left, omschrift . BEKKER. S.T.D.V.D.M. AMST. WET. METSLV. FRESH. MDCXXXIV- (. Bekker Sanctissima Theology Doctor et Verbi Divini Magister Amsterdam nativus Metslavvier Frisia MDCXXXIV = Balthasar Bekker Doctor of Theology Servant of the Word in Amsterdam born in Metslawier Friesland 1634) signed under bust W. van Rede minister pastor church theologian Balthasar Bekker Collection W from Rede Rotterdam.Exhibition of Dutch and Colonial Industry Arnhem, 1879 with accompanying box, Noah van der Waals, 1879 award medal. box Bronze medal in round wooden box. Netherlands    ArnhemThe hundredth anniversary of Tadeusz Kościuszka and Kośuszkowski's creation; G Owacki, Wac Aw (1828-1908); 1894 (1894-00-00-1894-00-00);Kościuszko, Tadeusz (1746-1817), Kościuszko, Tadeusz (1746-1817)-iconography, partage plus, Kościuszko Uprising (1794), anniversary, secession (style)Carnavalet museum, medal collection Right monument to Guillaume II of the Netherlands, erected in The Hague in 1854, composed of a statue at the foot of the King, placed on a high octagonal pedestal and, at the foot, surrounded by virtues; Reverse registration on four lines in a crown of oak leaves and bay leaves.#Beginning of Shooting Data Section Nikon D700 2015/10/09 15: 54: 34.92 Time zone/Date: UTC, žTrie: Džsactivže RAW (14 bits) Image size: L (4256 x 2832), FX Objective: 60mm f/2.8g Photographer: Copyright: Focal: 60mm Exhibition mode: Manual Measure: Matrinian shutter speed: 1/50S Opening: F/8 Expo Correction. : 0il Ržgl. 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ISO noise: Džsactivže Color mode: Colorimžtrique space: Adobe RVB Tones Correction: Resorting shades: Saturation: Accentuation: D-lighting Active: Džsactivž Control LE DU VIGNATAGE: Normal Control of Distortion: Picture Control: SD  Standard background on: SD Standard Rapid confidence: 0 Accentualization: 3 Contrast: 0 Luminosit: 0 Saturation: 0 shade: 0 Filters effects: Virage: SYS Coordinating: Džsactivže Cleaning the Image sensor: 2015/05 /19 08Medal; Designed by Jacques-Édouard Gatteaux (French, 1788 - 1881); cast bronzeThe Davidson Medal, in Honor of Lord Nelson, and the Victory of the Nile 1798 Medalist: Conrad Heinrich Küchler Examples of this medal in gold, silver, and bronze were given by Alexander Davison to Lord Nelson and his men in honor of the victory of the Nile.. The Davidson Medal, in Honor of Lord Nelson, and the Victory of the Nile. Medalist: Conrad Heinrich Küchler (German, ca. 1763-1821). German. 1798. Bronze, struck. Medals and PlaquettesSocial regeneration in Lyon ", s. D. (Title registered (letter)) Medal Social Regeneration in Lyon. Copper.Siege Van Groningen. Silver medal. Front: face of city and besiegers during shelling. Reverse: Inscription.Carnavalet museum, medal collectionGaming Piece , c.1700. Martin Brunner (German, 1659-1725). Wood; diameter: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.); overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.).One Penny Mikołaj i Mint Warsaw, Mikołaj I (1825 55)Flanders campaign in 1667 (main title). Alloy with low melting point. Brown patina. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Commemorative Medal: Sergeants of La Rochelle Pommier, Raoulx, Goubin and Bories, Dead September 21, 1822 (Title Title) Commemorative Medal: Sergeants of La Rochelle Pommier, Raoulx, Goubin and Bories, dead September 21, 1822. Golden copper copper (gilding).Iron medal of New Year 1918 by KarlGoetz. Artist: Karl Goetz, German, 1875-1950Gatteaux, Jacques-Edouard (n.1788-11-04-D.1881-02-08), coronation of Charles X (main title), 1825. Silver. Copper alloy. Light brown patina. Patinated plaster. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.They fail, we did not mind, 1791 Anonyme. Powers not to lose heart, 1791. Etain, 1791. Paris, Musee Carnavalet.Bellona, anonymous, c. 1600 Round, silver plaque. Symbolic female figure, seated on the right and seen from the side, dressed in a light -spacious robe. In her raised right hand, she holds a Victory Let; The figure leans on armor and has a sword in the left hand. In the background a landscape with trees. Netherlands silver (metal) Round, silver plaque. Symbolic female figure, seated on the right and seen from the side, dressed in a light -spacious robe. In her raised right hand, she holds a Victory Let; The figure leans on armor and has a sword in the left hand. In the background a landscape with trees. Netherlands silver (metal)Matthias I. Corvinus, King of Hungary.NUMISMATICA. MEDALLA CASA DE BORBON. DE FELIPE V, POR ANTONIO DI GENNARO. REVERSO. ATENEA SENTADA CON ARMADURA Y ESCUDO QUE LLEVA LAS ARMAS DE LA CIUDAD.1702. (DEPOSITO: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL).Minerva (Jernegan's Lottery Medal) obverse. Dated: 1736. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 3.88 cm (1 1/2 in.) gross weight: 20.5 gr (0.045 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: silver. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Sigismund Tanner.Leafless Branches reverse. Dated: 1739/1744. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 7.73 cm (3 1/16 in.) gross weight: 94.6 gr (0.209 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Antonio Francesco Selvi.Sassanian Silver-Gilt Dish of Goddess and Bird, 6th-7th century. Artist: Unknown.Medal: Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga model ca. 1445-47 (old aftercast) Pisanello (Antonio Pisano) Italian Active in Verona and the Italian courts, the celebrated master Pisanello left behind a significant legacy, including a large corpus of drawings, several paintings, and the devopment of the Renaissance portrait medal. Inspired by Roman coins, with their portraits of rulers and allegorical representations on the reverse, the medals commemorated individuals or events and functioned as gifts and mementoes. The obverse presents a portrait of Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, marquess of Mantua (1394/95 - 1444). He is shown onthe reverse mounted in armor and riding in a rocky landscape with a dwarf squire on horseback in the background. To his left hangs a door knocker. This is an old aftercast, possibly after a lead original, with some bruises.. Medal: Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga 460855Olive Branch reverse. Dated: probably 1573. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4.56 cm (1 13/16 in.) gross weight: 32.99 gr (0.073 lb.) axis: 6:00. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gaspare Romanelli.Sea battle at Gibraltar and the drie of Admiraal van Heemskerck. Silver medal. Front: sea battle in bay. Reverse: Inscription.Sword Guard (Tsuba) ca. 1615-1868 Japanese A tsuba is a sword guard and part of a sword mounting. It is mounted between the swords blade and grip to protect the users hands.. Sword Guard (Tsuba) 34470First meeting of the Economic branch of the Hollandsche Maatschappij van Sciences, Johan George Holtzhey, 1778 history medal Silver medal. Front: meeting in Diaconiehuis under Pennel with inscription; Cut: Inscription. Reverse: seven children with water jugs standing around young branch, which comes from large olive tree within a change; Cut: signature. Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking) watering plants. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' HaarlemCarnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionLouis Oscar Roty, École française d'Athènes (reverse), 1898 École française d'Athènes reverseGrahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics.Medal on the downfall of the invincible fleet, penny footage silver, sea battle the downfall of the Spanish Armada regulation: x TV x DEVS x MAGNVS x ET x MAGNA x FACIS x TV x SOLUS x DEUS x (rose) (You God can does wonderful things: You are God alone) VENI. VIDE. VIVE. .1588. (come see live) Spanish Armada Spain war militariaExample to the peoples ", 1848. Cuper, 1848. Paris, Musée Carnavalet. Medal, numismaticsAmsterdam medal, ca. 1650-1675, 1718 print Amsterdam medal with a ribbon. Front: three virtues caution,  paper etching medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function) AmsterdamProvisional Committee of Lyon, September 4, 1870 (dummy title) Provisional Committee of Lyon, September 4, 1870. Copper, 1870.One Penny Mikołaj i Mint Warsaw, Mikołaj I (1825 55)Coin of Huvishka. India, circa 106-138. Tools and Equipment; coins. GoldBliżej Kultury unknownKüchler (Conrad Heinrich). "Execution of Marie-Antoinette". Bronze in a wooden setting. October 16, 1793. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 54284-15 Bronze, wooden frame, cart, driving, horse, escaud, execution, crowd, guillotine, medal, Parisian people, place de la Revolution, queen de France, animalCommemorative medal 16th Hiking Meeting Association Nordwestdeutscher Gabelsberger Stenographs and 10th Foundation Festival Stenographhen-Verein Gabelsberger from 1881 to HamburgMount, Silvered brass, Square with upper corners clipped. Repoussé figure of seated putto playing a lyre., Italy, early 19th century, metalwork, Decorative Arts, MountPaduan 16th Century, Cimon and Pero, early 16th century Cimon and PeroIntaglio Seal with the Crucifixion 9th-11th century Byzantine Pyramid-shaped seals were often carved of semiprecious stones believed to have protective properties. Hung from a chain, they functioned as both a seal and an amulet.. Intaglio Seal with the Crucifixion 468784Grahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics.Keeshondje. Keeshondje, one-sided silver oval openwork plaque, presenting dog with pointed beak, hairy cup and neck with mane, smoothness and long in plume of flared tail, leaving with loop on back standing under tree for doghouse; In the foreground crib to chain and bone.German or Austrian 16th Century, Maximilian I, 1459 1519, Archduke of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor 1494 (obverse), 1500 or after Maximilian I, 1459-1519, Archduke of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor 1494 obverseMedal: George, Prince Regent (reverse), 1816. Thomas Wyon Jr. (British, 1792-1817). Bronze; diameter: 5.1 cm (2 in.).Medals. Francis IER Medals. Fran�ois Ier. Black and white projection plate. 1900-1930. Photograph of Jacques-Ernest Bulloz (1858-1942).Award medal from the Dog exhibition, Evian 1965 Money of ParisCoat of Arms reverse. Dated: 1536. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 11.16 cm (4 3/8 in.) gross weight: 451.8 gr (0.996 lb.) axis: 11:00. Medium: lead. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Peter Dell the Elder.Maksymilian III wedding medal Józef Wittelsbach and Maria Anna, daughter of August III Wettyn, from 1747 unknown, Geiger, Andreas (1765 1856), Oexlein, Johann Leonhard (1715 1787)Italy, Marche, Picene embossed diskMaximilian I, 1459-1519, Archduke of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor 1494 obverse. Dated: 1500 or after. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4.22 cm (1 11/16 in.) gross weight: 28.57 gr (0.063 lb.) axis: 9:00. Medium: struck silver. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German or Austrian 16th Century.Commemorating the Organization to Resist the French in 1798 1798 Medalist: Johann Jakob Neuss. Commemorating the Organization to Resist the French in 1798 190735The Castle of Rimini reverse. Dated: 1446. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 8.46 cm (3 5/16 in.) gross weight: 294.75 gr (0.65 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: MATTEO DE' PASTI.Medal Commemorating the Travelers InsuranceCompany.  Artist: Julio Kilenyi, Hungarian, 1885-1959 Manufacturer: Whitehead and Hoag Company, American, 1892-ca. 1963Medal from French DemocratsHistoric Boer War Medal, 1901Medal: George Washington (reverse), 1860. France. Bronze; diameter: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.).Medal to remember Michiel de Ruyter, Christoffel Adolph, 1676 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside double change. Reverse: sea battle; Cut: Inscription. Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking) battle (+ sailing-ships). Battle of Etna SyracusePershing Medal (obverse), 1900s. Charles Philippe Germain Aristide Pillet (French, 1869-1960). Bronze; diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.).Bust of a man 16th century German. Bust of a man. German. 16th century. Boxwood. Sculpture-MiniatureOccasion in Pursuit of Time reverse. Dated: 1504. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4.65 cm (1 13/16 in.) gross weight: 41.43 gr (0.091 lb.) axis: 5:00. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Style of Antico.Horn Buttons, 1860-1870.  Black-dyed pressed horn buttons. embossed with design of fox (left) and hound (right). Brass shank.Vittore Gambello, Classical Subject Flaming Tripod on Altar (reverse), 1470 1530 Classical Subject: Flaming Tripod on Altar reverseRotterdam's celebration of the coronation of William of Orange as King of England 1689 Dutch. Rotterdam's celebration of the coronation of William of Orange as King of England 190553 Dutch, Rotterdam's celebration of the coronation of William of Orange as King of England, 1689, Silver, Diameter: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Wait, 1907 (07.280.3)Funeral Car reverse. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 3.54 cm (1 3/8 in.) gross weight: 22.1 gr (0.049 lb.) axis: 5:00. Medium: bronze//Struck. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni da Cavino.Planets-manager. Cornalet Collection Sites 2013-2016. Numismatic.Medal: America -- Abundance (reverse), 1900s. Albert Laessle (American, 1877-1954). Bronze; diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.).Mercury going to BaranieMedallion first half 19th century British. Medallion 198893Congressional Medal to C. W. Field for the Successful Laying of the Atlantic Cable 1867 American. Congressional Medal to C. W. Field for the Successful Laying of the Atlantic Cable. American. 1867. GoldShekel, Simon Maccabaeus, 140 B.C., from the Ancient Coins series (N180) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. 1888 Issued by William S. Kimball & Company Trade cards from the "Ancient Coins" series (N180), issued in 1888 by W.S. Kimball & Co.. Shekel, Simon Maccabaeus, 140 B.C., from the Ancient Coins series (N180) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by William S. Kimball & CompanyMedal of the Women of the Red Cross fromFrance. Mint: Paris Artist: Henri Emile Allouard, French, 1844-1929Bronze box mirror. Culture: Greek. Dimensions: diameter 6 1/8 in. (15.5cm). Date: 2nd quarter of the 4th century B.C. or later.In relief, head of a womanThe box mirror came into use toward the end of the fifth century B.C. Under the protective cover is the mirror, a cast-bronze disk with a highly polished surface. The relief on the cover was hammered separately and applied. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.A. Bovy, Medal on the third centenary of the French Reformed Church, medallion bronze bronze 6.8, large group of clergy gathered around an oval table on which bible writing utensils and papers in cut: 26 - 28 MAY MDLIX below: . BOVY legend: PREMIER SYNDE NATIONAL DES ÉGLISES RÉFORMÉES DE FRANCE France Reformed Church jubilee Third Centenary feastGold medal, 1st prize, Dog exhibition in Dijon, 1931Odznaka Kwestarska: For old age, big from Vaud 1925 Huguenin Frères & CoWierzbicki, Ludwik. Bełtowski, Juliusz Wojciech (1852-1926), male medallist5 pesetas, 1812, 032382-N. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.Medal (reverse), 1900s. Alexander Stirling Calder (American, 1870-1945). Bronze; diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.).Carnavalet museum, medal collectionReverse of medal commemorating 50 years of cinematography by the Lumiere brothers, 1945. Artist: UnknownCoronation of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, 1898 Dutch 1898 View more. Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, 1898. Dutch. 1898. Silver, struck. Medals and PlaquettesSilver medal of Martin Luther,1483-1546.   Subject: Martin Luther, German, 1483-1546Shield Supported by Hercules and Janus reverse. Dated: c. 1503. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 534 cm (210 1/4 in.) gross weight: 46 gr. Medium: bronze//Yellowish patina. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of Coriolanus.The Taking of Corfu Fortress, 1799 (Commemorative coin), Numismatic, Russian coins  Bell Urban (coat of arms Abdank)  Zygmuntów Tower, Wawel Cathedral, KrakowNumismatics Russia Object with Vladimir II by Anonymous artist, Bronze, 1770s, Private CollectionHerod Philip II, 38 A.D., from the Ancient Coins series (N180) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. 1888 Issued by William S. Kimball & Company Trade cards from the "Ancient Coins" series (N180), issued in 1888 by W.S. Kimball & Co.. Herod Philip II, 38 A.D., from the Ancient Coins series (N180) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by William S. Kimball & CompanyPlanets-manager. Cornalet Collection Sites 2013-2016. Numismatic.Best & Company, Lilliputian Bazaar, everything for children's wear.. Best & Company, Lilliputian Bazaar, everything for children's wear.Old rifle disc from Chemnitz, around 1900, Saxony, Germany, digitally improved reproduction of a historical template, public domain