Baldwin & Sons
Auction 93 5 May 2015
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Germany, Charles V (1500-1558, Holy Roman Emperor 1519-1556), Lead Medal, 1521, dedicated by the City of Nürnberg to the Emperor, by Albrecht Dürer and Hans Krafft the Elder, crowned and armoured bust right wearing Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, CAROLVS V RO IMPER, raised heraldic border of the fourteen crowned shields of Castille, Aragon, Leon, etc, around with, the pillars of Hercules and motto PLVS VLTR at top, rev double-headed Imperial Eagle, with arms Austria and Burgundy, and raised heraldic border of thirteen crowned shields of Sardinia, Cordoba, Corsica etc, dividing date, 15–21, "N" (for Nürnberg) in wreath below, 71.5mm (Habich 18; Pollard [2007] 677 (Kress 583); Mende 13; Bernhart 62; Trusted 91; Scher 77). The lead with uneven oxidation, otherwise very fine and extremely rare.
The medal is best known from the ten surviving examples in silver, the last of which to appear at auction was from the collection of John R Gaines, Morton & Eden auction, 8 December 2005, lot 41 (£198,400, including premium). A second example in lead is in the Wallace Collection, London. The provenance of this medal is unknown prior to its appearance in a CNG Auction, 15 September 2010 (lot 1357).
Estimate: £1800-2200
The medal is best known from the ten surviving examples in silver, the last of which to appear at auction was from the collection of John R Gaines, Morton & Eden auction, 8 December 2005, lot 41 (£198,400, including premium). A second example in lead is in the Wallace Collection, London. The provenance of this medal is unknown prior to its appearance in a CNG Auction, 15 September 2010 (lot 1357).
Estimate: £1800-2200