Historical Objects / Medals

Collection of Tyler Yates

Johan Olof Wallin

Engraver:
K. M. Mellgren
Year:
1835
Country:
Sweden
Diameter:
41.5 mm
Obverse:
Head of Johan Olof Wallin facing right.
JOH. OL. WALLIN NAT. D. XV. OCT. MDCCLXXIX.
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Reverse:
A harp underneath the big dipper constellation.
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO
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References:
Numismatiska meddelanden

Johan Olof Wallin, (15 October 1779 – 30 June 1839), was a Swedish minister, orator, poet and later Church of Sweden Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden between 1837-1839.