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Who we are
The medal workshop and mint of Petr Sousek and Pavel Neumann of
Brno, Czech Republic. We specialize in striking highly artistic coins
and medallions, mainly in a historic or pseudo-historic style. We are one of
the few workshops
in the world which adhere, as a standard, to the original = historical
minting procedures.
What we produce
Replicas of ancient and other historic coins, tokens, medals and coins
to our own or the customer's design as well as pseudo-historic and
coin-derived jewellery.
How we work
From manually engraved steel, iron or bronze dies we strike, manually or
by means of a screw-operated minting press, from gold, silver and common
metals. Jewellery is cast using the lost-wax method and individually
hand-worked and aged.
Where we sell
We sell on-line mostly to Northern America and
European Union. A
selection of our artefacts can also be found in the gift shops of the
National Museums in Prague, Moravian Museum in
Brno, Jewish Museum Prague, castles of Lednice, Buchlov, Pernstein,
Kromeriz, Valtice, Prague etc., Museum of Ancient Culture in
Litomysl, archaeological exhibition "Romans in Musov" in Pasohlavky,
in the Museum and Gallery of Breclav, the mansion in Pohansko, in the
archaeological park in Mikulcice etc.
Contact us:
antiquanova@gmail.com
ANTIQUANOVA
Pavel Neumann
Pisarecka 11
CZ-60300 Brno
Czech Republic
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About us
 Welcome to the world of silver and gold replicas of
coins of outstanding beauty and artistic execution. The talent and wealth of
experience as a graphic artist of their creator - the medallist Petr Sousek -
allow him to work sensitively, yet with unmatched lightness, fantasy and
confidence. The result is unique, creating, what are in today‘s world,
rather exceptional tiny pieces of sculpted artefacts.
The rendering and appearance of the coins, medals, and jewellery, as
close as possible to the most beautiful historic originals, is typical for its
high relief, irregular shape of the blank, image engraved directly into the
die, hand striking followed by applying patina. The motifs draw on historical
events, mythology and often touch on timeless themes.
The
second area in which we work is producing made-to-order modern
and pseudo-historical medals, tokens and coins doing everything from the
design to striking the item using manually operated coin presses. Our offer
includes special purpose and marketing coinages, personalized New Year coins,
local “currencies”, Napoleonics, municipal coinages, auction tokens,
jubilee coinages, commemorative medals, honorary plaques, private portrait
coinages, etc.
 When
viewing the Petr's older works you will discover what a talented engraver is
capable of producing in this century. The uninitiated will be briefly
introduced to the history of forgeries,
replicas, and copies of coins. In an interview
Petr will reveal some secrets of his work. If you like any of the replicas we
will be pleased if you buy them. You can also have a replica made according to
your wishes, including one carrying your own portrait.
Petr's previous works, until recently not
very well known even in his home country, have been highly valued by his
admirers in Europe and overseas. We sincerely hope that you too will join
their ranks.
Pavel
Neumann, *1967 (marketing and sales)
Lives in Brno, Czech Republic. He has been involved in numismatics and history
for over 20 years and is the founder and administrator of the first Czech
electronic conference in numismatics “NUMISMATIK FORUM”.
Recently,
he has taken an interest in experimental archaeology and the history of art
and crafts.
Petr Sousek, *1972 (engraving and
minting)
Lives in Brno and in a small village near Javorník.
In
1986-1990 he studied at The Applied Art College in Brno, specializing in
design and making small decorative objects. At the same time he devoted his
time to the study of drawing and painting. In 1991-1997 he continued his
studies at the Janacek Art Academy. Majoring in stage design, he continued his
work as an engraver. After graduation, he started his own business in making
medals to expand on his previous experience.
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