Nomos AG
Auction 13 7 October 2016
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European Medals from 1513 to 1788
Holy Roman Empire. Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Medal (Silver, 43mm, 29.76 g 12), on the birth of crown-prince Joseph in 1741, by A. Vestner in Nuremberg, 1741. MARIA THERESIA HVNG.BOH. REG.ARCHID.AVST. Draped bust of Maria Theresia to right; below, V. Rev. IN MATRE VTRAMQVE SEQVOR (=he follows both mothers) The "infant" Joseph II, as a Hungarian Hussar, standing facing between the personifications of Wisdom and the Art of War; in exergue, IOSEPHVS / NATVS XIII MARTII / CI I CCXXXXI / V. Bernheimer 318. Montenuovo 1819. Very attractively toned. Good extremely fine.