© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
Medal - Michael Stourdza
1842 year| Bronze | 61.9 g | 48.5 mm |
| Location | Moldavia (Moldavia and Wallachia) |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Year | 1842 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 61.9 g |
| Diameter | 48.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-11-14 |
| Numista | N#338808 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 100% |
Reverse
Hygieia standing, facing left, wearing cloak, holding stave in left hand, and making offering with a patera on a burning altar. Three-legged altar to the left with snake coiled around.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
XXI MILLIA SANATORUM TIBI SOTERIA FERUNT
A MEDICIS MOLDAVIAE
MDCCCXLII
Translation: 21 thousand healed bring you health. From the medics of Moldavia.
Engraver: Carl Friedrich Voigt
Comment
The medal was presented by the medics of Moldavia to Lord Michael Stourdza on the occasion of reaching 21 000 people healed in the hospitals established during his rule.The reverse of the medal is inspired by the Salus Augusti reverse of Roman imperial coinage.
References:
Octavian Iliescu; 1997. O medalie inedită a principelui Moldovei Mihail Sturdya (1839). Materiale de istoirie și muzeografie, volume 12, pages 266-272. Bucharest, Romania.