Inauguration of the water garden installations at Herrenhausen Palace - Ernest Augustus

Features

Location	Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg (German States)
Książe	Ernest Augustus (Ernst August) (1679-1698)
Type	Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals
Year	1691
Composition	Srebro
Weight	116.56 g
Diameter	66.54 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 569679
References	Brock We# 698 Günther Brockmann. Die Medaillen der Welfen. Brockmann, Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2 volumes). , Fiala# 2262 Eduard Fiala. Münzen und Medaillen der Welfischen Lande. Franz Deuticke, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany (10 volumes).

Commemorative issue

Ogród pałacu Herrenhausen Automatically translated

Obverse

(en) A rocky landscape with a water fountain and a stream, above Pegasus to the right.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
✿ ERNEST : AUGUSTUS. D.G. EP : OSNABR : DUX BR : ET LUNEB : ANNO. M.DC.XCI.
PATRIÆ COMMODO ET DECORI

Unabridged legend:
Ernest Augustus Dei Gratia Episcopus Osnabrugensis, Dux Brunsvicensis Et Luneburgensis Anno M.DC.XCI.
Patriæ Commodo Et Decori.

Engraver: Levin Zernemann

Reverse

(en) View of the palace with garden, featuring a waterwheel and two fountains in the foreground.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
HAURIT UT DISTRIBUAT.
MELIORI SORTE REFUNDO.

Engraver: Levin Zernemann

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1691												(en) MDCXCI

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