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Medal - Michael Stourdza
| Location | Moldavia |
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| Year | 1842 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse description | High-relief bare bust of Mihail Grigore Sturdza, Prince of Moldavia, facing left, with beard and wavy hair. The engraver's signature C. VOIGT appears in the lower right field. The legend arcs around the periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | MICHAELI GR. STURDZA PRINC. MOLDAVIAE C. VOIGT (Translation: To Michael Gregory Sturdza, Prince of Moldavia.) |
| Reverse description | Standing draped female figure, identified as Hygieia, facing left in the field, holding a long staff in her right hand and extending a patera in her left hand over a burning tripod altar to the left, around which a serpent is coiled. A two-line inscription appears in the exergue. The peripheral legend arcs around the upper portion of the coin. |
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