Medal - Siege of Frederiksten Gold
Features
| Location |
Norway
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Frederick IV (1699-1730)
|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Military medals |
| Year | 1718 (1720) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Diameter | 61 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Number | N# 564054 |
| References | Galster# 313 Georg Galster; 1936. Danske og norske Medailler og Jetons: ca. 1533-ca. 1788 = Danish and Norwegian Medals and Tokens. Selskabet til Udgivelse af Danske Mindesmærker, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
Commemorative issue
End of the Swedish siege of the Norwegian fortress of Frederiksten 1718
Obverse
Bust of King Frederik IV with long flowing hair facing right, wearing a laurel wreath, a cloak and the order of the elephant chain. Inscription in one line above and inscription in three lines below, solid ring on the rim.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
DOMINVS MIHI ADIVTOR
P B
FRIEDERIC · IIII · D · G · REX
DAN · NOR · VAN ·
· GOT ·
Translation:
The Lord is my helper.
Frederik IV, by the grace of God, King of Denmark, Norway, the Wends and the Goths.
Engraver: Peter Berg
Reverse
Obelisk with three shields, surrounded by weapons, siege equipment and standards. A tent on the left, the Norwegian fortress Frederiksten on the right. Inscription in three on the podium in the centre, all in a solid ring. Surrounding inscription in one line above and inscription in five lines below, solid ring on the rim.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
NON NOBIS / DOMINE · NON NOBIS / SED NOMINI TUO DA GLORIAM · PS : 115 · V · I ·
DEO
ET
POSTERITATI
OBSIDIO FRID : HALL=SIS IRRITA · CÆSO REG :
SU : CAROLO XII FUGAM NOCTU
PRÆCIPITANTE HOSTILI
EXCERCITU ·
11 DEC : 1718 ·
P. B.
Translation:
Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to Your name give glory, psalm 115 verse 1.
To God and posterity.
The siege of Frederiksten, ended by the death of King Charles XII.
He fled in the night, away from the enemy's army.
11th of december 1718.
Engraver: Peter Berg
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
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| 1718 (1720) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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