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AIRER, KASPAR
AIRER, KASPAR (Germ.). Master of the Mint at Frankfort-on-Main from 1618 - 1636. On the coins struck under him appear the letters C — ?. In 1620, in connection with Georg Nürnberger, a die-sinker of Nuremberg, he started a private mint for the coinage of small currency which prejudiced the city authorities against him and brought about his deposition in 1625, but in 1627 he was reinstated in his office for life, afte...

ALAERTZ, LAURENT
ALAERTZ, LAURENT (Dutch). Appointed Engraver of the Vroenhoven Mint at Maestricht, on the 1st July 1534 in place of Jean Haesen. He kept this office until 1572 and that of Assayer until 1574, the year of his death. The coins he engraved under Charles V. are, in gold, the Florin Carolus, the Crown, the Real, and half; in silver, the Carolus, the Real and half, the 4 and 3 Sous, the 3 and 2 Gros, the Sou and half, and ...

ALARI-BONACOLSI, PIETRO GIACOMO
ALARI-BONACOLSI, PIETRO GIACOMO, surnamed L ANTICO (Ital). Architect and Medallist of Mantua, who worked circa 1480. To him are attributed two medals, one of Antonia de Balzi, Consort of John Francis of Gonzaga, Lord of Sabionetta, † 1538 (Armand I, p. 62, n° 5 ; Rossi Riv. ital. 1888, p. 436, n° 5), and the other of some gentlewoman, obv. D.IVLIA.PRIMVM.FELLX, Bust to r. R. DVBIA . FORTVA (sic).. Representation of a...

ALBERTI, LEO BAPTIST
ALBERTI, LEO BAPTIST (Ital.), 1404-1472, a member of the ancient Florentine family of that name, was born in that city on the 18th February 1404. In 1428, the decree of banishment against his father having been withdrawn, Leo Baptist settled at Florence, where he first distinguished himself as an architect. He designed for Sigismundus Pandulfus Malatesta, in 1445, the building known as the Temple of Rimini. The Pala...