Numismatic Research Magazine - National Museum of History - MNIR

Article Sheet.

Image Alt

O interesantă eroare medalistică / An Interesting Medalistic Error

Authors	PÂRVAN Katiuşa PÂRVAN Katiuşa In this volume In publication
Section	Medalistică (Medalistics) Medalistică (Medalistics) In this volume In publication
Language	română
Key Words	Matei Basarab Matei Basarab In this volume In publication Mircea cel Bătrăn Mircea cel Bătrăn In this volume In publication Şerban Cantacuzino Şerban Cantacuzino In this volume In publication Vasile Lupu Vasile Lupu In this volume In publication commemorative medals commemorative medals In this volume In publication Radu the Great Radu the Great In this volume In publication Romanian Numismatic Society Romanian Numismatic Society In this volume In publication Vald Ţepeş Vald Ţepeş In this volume In publication
Abstract	Between 1904 - 1909 the Romanian Numismatic Society issued medals for some Romanian princes that had important contributions to the strengthening of Wallachia and Moldavia and to the defense of their independence: Mircea the Old, Stephen the Great, Bogdan III, Michael the Brave, Matei Basarab, Vasile Lupu, Şerban Cantacuzino, Radu the Great. At the National History Museum of Romania there are two hybrid medals in silver and bronze (50 mm diameter), produced from two dies that obviously were not intended to have been used together. The engraver used the obverse die from the medal of Vlad Ţepeş and the reverse of the medal of Bogdan III. Those medals were probably made as the same time and the engraver mixed up the two dies, so the hybrid medals resulted of.
Pages	231-231
Download
Title of the Volume	Cercetări Numismatice: CN; VII; anul 1996 Cercetări Numismatice: CN; VII; anul 1996 Enter on the volume

Web
Analytics Made Easy - StatCounter