Watch List notes:

TRANSYLVANIA. György Bánffy (Georg Banfi von Losontz). Guvernator, 1691-1708. AR Medal – Halbschautaler (36mm, 14.27 g, 12h). On his death. By Georg Schuler. Dated 1709 (in Roman numerals). ET GRYPHES FECIT VMBRA CVPRESSI/ , ship on stormy seas left; above, two griffins holding swords, bearing pillow with two skulls; cypress trees field; S/ D to left, K/ K to right, (quatrefoil) IACTAMVR IN ALTVM (rosette) below / Biographical inscription in fifteen liens. Resch 108. VF, toned.


From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.