An exquisite piece with a strong mirrored background, with delicate streaks characteristic of medals from old collections, indicating that the medal has been wiped clean of dust.A very rare medal minted to commemorate the services of Samuel Linde.
Item sporadically listed in the trade.
Obverse: Head left, on neck cut-off signature IOS:MAYNERT, in the rim legend:
SAMUEL THEOPHILUS DE LINDE NATUS THORUNI A: 1771;
Reverse: inscription: VIRO CLARISSIMO/DE RE LITERARIA SLAVORUM/OPTIME MERITO/SOCIO SUO HONORATISSIMO/PHILOSOPHIAE DOCTORIS/SOLLEMNIA SEMISAECULARIA/CELEBRANTI/COLLEGIUM PRAEFECTORUM/EDUCATIONIS PUBLICAE/IN PROVIN: SCHOLAR: VARSAVIEN:/GRATULATUR/D:X.FREBRUARII A:1842;
Silver, diameter 51 mm, weight 54.96 g.
