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Auction 101  28 September 2016
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Lot 3538

Estimate: 650 GBP
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WORLD COINS, Italy, Venice, Matthias Johan, Graf von der Schulenburg (1661-1747), The Heroic Defence of Corfu against the Turks, Copper Medal, 1716, by P H Müller, struck at Nürnberg, armoured and bewigged bust right, rev aerial plan of Corfu showing the range of the artillery, AVSPICIIS VENETVM VIRTVS GERMANA TVETVR - CORCYRAM D XXII AVG A MDCCXVI, 38mm (Voltolina 1389; Erlanger 2874; Knyp 7287). Extremely fine and very rare.
Schulenburg had fought against the Ottoman Turks for the Imperial Army in 1687-1688, but here he was recruited by Venice to defend Corfu against them. For his success the Serenissima erected a statue and awarded him a pension of 5000 Ducats a year.

Estimate: £650-850
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