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HOLY ROMAN GERMAN EMPIRE
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21
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HOLY ROMAN GERMAN EMPIRE
See original version (French)
Estimate €10,000 - €15,000
Voluntary lot
Description
HOLY ROMAN GERMAN EMPIRE
AUSTRIA House of Habsburg
ELISABETH-CHRISTINE OF BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBÜTTEL
Widow’s medal
Obverse: ELISABETHA CHRISTINA DG R I HH B R ND BRUNS LUN CAR VI VID
M DONNER
Bust facing right
Reverse: AD NUTUM DEI
MD on the edge
Horse held by a divine hand
Smooth edge
Engraver: Matthias Donner
Circa 1740
Gold
69.57 g
45 mm
Medal strike
Hits on the edge, scuffs and marks on the fields
BROCKMANN *Die Medaillen der Welfen*, Volume 1, Wolfenbüttel Line, 437
Montenuevo Collection 1637 (bronze)
An identical specimen of different weight (41.76 g) is held at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna under reference number 1521bβ, dated around 1740
In an antique pouch
See original version (French)
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