Very nice medal commemorating the German poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724-1803), made in 1820, by F. Caque.
Medal from the Iniversalis Virorum Illustrium series.
Obverse: bust facing right, signed CAQUE. F. below
FRIDERICUS KLOPSTOCK
Reverse: an inscription in ten lines
NATUS / QUINTILINOBURGI / IN SAXONIA SUPERIORE / AN.M.DCC.XXIV. / OBIIT / AN.M.DCCC.V. / SERIES NUMISMATICA / UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM / ILLUSTRIUM. /M.DCCC.XX. / DURAND EDIT
Diameter 41 mm, weight 40.73 g
