Bulgarian Mint – Global Coins and Medals

ABRAHAM, JAKOB
ABRAHAM, JAKOB (Germ.). Bom at Strelitz in 1723, died at Berlin in 1800, Chief-Engraver at the Berlin Mint for a period of over fifty years, acquired renown by gem- as well as by coin-engraving. The Imperial Collection at Vienna owns a fine cornelian cut by him, with a beautiful and remarkable head of Maria-Theresia. One of his best known medals is that commemorating the Death ot Frederick the Great, in 1786; in the ...

ABRAMSON
ABRAMSON or ABRAHAMSON, ABRAHAM (Germ.). Son of the preceding, was born at Postdam in 1754, and died in 1811 . He learned the elements of the art of medal-engraving from his father. His medals previous to 1788 are mostly copies and seldom original in design, but having studied sculpture and modelling during a prolonged stay of four years in Italy-, his later works are more artistic and of his own design and execution...

ADAMS, GEORGE GAMMON
ADAMS, GEORGE GAMMON (Brit.). British Sculptor and Medallist, born at Staines, on the 21st of April 1821 ; died at his residence, Acton Green Lodge, Chiswick, on the 4th of March 1898, aged 76 years, and was buried in the family vault in Staines Cemetery. He was educated at Kepler House School, and at sixteen, was articled by his father to William Wyon, R. A. in the Royal Mint, where he remained for 4 1/2 years, and...

ADMON
ADMON (?) Fictitious name of a Greek Artist, which appears on several gems, probably dating from the last century. Among these we may mention the famous Hercules Bibax, sard (Marlborough cabinet); — Hercules, aged head, signed A? (Gori); — Hercules Musagetes (Poniatowsky) ; — Alexander, as Hercules; — Hercules reposing (Cades); — Augustus : cameo (De la Turbie) ; — Head of Ammon : sard (Cades) ; — Vulcan offering arm...