102805 | GERMANY. New Year's silver Medal.

102805  |  GERMANY. New Year's silver Medal. Issued 1801. Commemorating the new year (36mm, 13.90 g, 12h). By F. Loos at the Loos Workshop in Berlin.

 

ALLES VERGEHT (everything passes), Chronos flying left, holding scythe and with hourglass on head; below, view of the tomb of Caecilia Metella in Rome // ABER / DIE LIEBE, / DIE LIEBE DES / EWIGEN, / LIEBE ZU GUTEN / MENSCHEN / VERGEHT NIE / DEM SCHEIDENDEN / UND / KOMMENDEN / JAHRHUNDERT / 1801 in 12 lines; all within border of stars. Edge: Plain.

 

Strothotte 1801-10a; Marienburg 10030; GPH 5079; Sommer B-25/1. Mint State. Deeply toned around the devices, with intense prooflike brilliance in the fields; some scattered marks and hairlines are noted for completeness.

 

This time-oriented medal rather appropriately features a depiction of Chronos, the ancient Greek representation of what we now refer to as "Father Time," with his characteristic long beard and scythe. Driving home this passage of time even further is the hourglass on his head and the Roman ruins over which he is flying.

 

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