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Auction 99  13 May 2015
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Lot 1152

Estimate: 2000 USD
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GERMANY, Mainz (Erzbistum). 1604-1626. Cast AR Medal (43x32mm, 11.05 g, 12h). Dated 1604. IOAN • SVICARDVS • D • G ARCHIEP (reversed crescent) MOG(UN)T, coat-of-arms over crossed sword and crozier, episcopal miter above; all within ornate octagonal frame / SODAMEN SPEI PATIENTIA 1604 (horizontal S-shaped stops), Spes advancing left; behind, ships on a stormy sea; all surmounted by ornate crown within ornate octagonal frame. W. Diepenbach, "Mainzer Gnadenpfennige Johann Schweickhardts von Kronberg," in Beiträge zur Kunst und Geschichte des Mainzer Lebensraumes. Festschrift für Ernst Neeb.) (Mainz, 1936), pl. I, 4. As Issued, chased, areas of toning showing in some of the devices. Frame with original suspension holes as cast, for wearing and to attach jewel.

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