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ANA Signature Sale 3041 Sess. 4 13 August 2015
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Sultan Mehmed IV & Emperor Leopold silver Battle of Vienna Medal ND (1683) AU, Horsky-2081, Mont.-924. 45mm/25.21gms. Obv. Sultan Mehmed IV with scepter. Rev. Emperor Leopold armored bust right. Expertly engraved and very sharply detailed, with little tone and very light handling in the fields, as one would expect from a medal of this period. A thin flan crack is begins at 9 o'clock on the obverse. An extremely rare and historic medal, on the second we have seen. The other, sold by Gorny & Mosch in 2011, was of similar detail, but chased. That piece hammered for 6500 Euros, or approximately $9,000 at the time. Given the rarity and multi-ethnic subject of this metal, we have no reason but to expect similar interest now, as it did then.While no theme is expressly mentioned within the engraving of this medallic issue, it has been previously attributed to 1683 and the Battle of Vienna, that took place on September 11, 1683 in Vienna after the town had been besieged for two months by the Ottoman Empire and the armies of Sultan Mehmed IV. The ensuing war that lasted over 15 years, with the Holy Roman Empire ending up victorious, resulted in significant loss of land for the Turks, and for many historians, marked a turning point after which little Turk aggression against the Christian world occurred.
Estimate: 7000-9000 USD
Sultan Mehmed IV & Emperor Leopold silver Battle of Vienna Medal ND (1683) AU, Horsky-2081, Mont.-924. 45mm/25.21gms. Obv. Sultan Mehmed IV with scepter. Rev. Emperor Leopold armored bust right. Expertly engraved and very sharply detailed, with little tone and very light handling in the fields, as one would expect from a medal of this period. A thin flan crack is begins at 9 o'clock on the obverse. An extremely rare and historic medal, on the second we have seen. The other, sold by Gorny & Mosch in 2011, was of similar detail, but chased. That piece hammered for 6500 Euros, or approximately $9,000 at the time. Given the rarity and multi-ethnic subject of this metal, we have no reason but to expect similar interest now, as it did then.While no theme is expressly mentioned within the engraving of this medallic issue, it has been previously attributed to 1683 and the Battle of Vienna, that took place on September 11, 1683 in Vienna after the town had been besieged for two months by the Ottoman Empire and the armies of Sultan Mehmed IV. The ensuing war that lasted over 15 years, with the Holy Roman Empire ending up victorious, resulted in significant loss of land for the Turks, and for many historians, marked a turning point after which little Turk aggression against the Christian world occurred.
Estimate: 7000-9000 USD