Médaille - Notger de Liège ND
| Bronze | 45.8 g | 46.4 mm |
| Location | Belgium |
|---|---|
| King | Leopold I (1831-1865) |
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Years | 1848-1850 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 45.8 g |
| Diameter | 46.4 mm |
| Thickness | 6 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#314241 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
A text filling the entire field, summarizes his life.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
IL ÉTUDIA
DANS LA CÉLÈBRE ABBAYE
DE S. GALL, PUIS IL GIRIGEA LES
ÉCOLES DE STAVELOT, DÉJÀ RENOMMÉES
QU’IL RENDIT PLUS FLORISSANTES. ÉLEVÉ
SUR LE SIÈGE ÉPISCOPAL DE LIÈGE EN 971
IL AGRANDIT LE TERRITOIRE DE SON DIOCÈSE.
LA VILLE DE LIÈGE LUI DOIT SES PREMIERS
EMBELLISSEMENTS ; IL LA FIT CEINDRE DE
MURAILLES, RECONSTRUISIT SA CATHÉDRALE ET
LA DOTA DE NOUVEAUX ÉDIFICES. D’UN BOURG
ENFIN IL FIT UNE CITÉ. HOMME INSTRUIT, IL
S’OCCUPA DE L’ÉDUCATION DE LA JEUNESSE ET
DISSIPA AUTOUR DE LUI LES TÉNÈBRES DE
L’IGNORANCE. IL FAVORISA AUSSI LE
DÉVELOPPEMENT DU COMMERCE ET DE
L’AGRICULTURE. SON NOM EST RESTÉ
POPULAIRE PARMI LES
LIÉGEOIS.
Engraver: Adolphe Jouvenel
Edge
Plain
Comment
Notger, born around 940 in Swabia and died on April 10, 1007 in Liège, was an ecclesiastic, statesman and diplomat of the Holy German Empire who, appointed Bishop of Liège by Emperor Otto I in 972, became the first Prince-Bishop of the Principality of Liège in 980.From 1848 to 1850, Adolphe-Christian Jouvenel engraved and published in Brussels a collection of 25 bronze medals in ±46 mm modules, depicting portraits of "Belgium's great men". At the time, each medal was sold for 4 Belgian francs.
34 mm bronze or brass tokens reproducing some of these medals were also engraved, to make the publication accessible to all, according to the prospectus of the time, with a more democratic selling price of 50 centimes.
