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PORTUGAL: Pedro V, 1853-1861, AE medal, 1858

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PORTUGAL: Pedro V, 1853-1861, AE medal, 1858
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PORTUGAL: Pedro V, 1853-1861, AE medal, 1858, Lamas-148, 75mm, medal by L. Wiener, marriage to Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen on 29 April 1858; conjoined busts left / king offered crown to bride arriving by barge, angel behind. Léopold Wiener (1823-1891) was a Belgian sculptor and medallist. He was born in Venlo, the Netherlands, studied initially in his brother Jacque Wiener's studio, then at the Academy. In Paris he became a pupil of the famous sculptor David d'Angers and of J. J. Barre, Chief engraver of French coins. At the death of Braemt, in 1864 Léopold Wiener was appointed to fill the post of First Engraver to the Belgian Mint.