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Electronic Auction 395 12 April 2017
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GERMANY, Nürnberg (Stadt). Wenzel Janmitzer, goldsmith and printmaker. 1507/1508-1585. Æ Medal (32.5mm, 11.55 g, 12h). Celebrating his 77th Birthday. By Valentin Maler. Dated 1584. WENTZL IAMNITZER ÆTA : 77, bust right, wearing ruff; 1584 below / STERBEN IST MEIN GEWIN IST MEIN LEBEN, Spes standing facing on rock, resting had on anchor, gazing upward to name of Christ in rays; anchor at feet. Cf. Hirsch 294, lot 3980. Good VF. Apparently illustrated in the 28 February 1978 issue of World Coins News, p. 9.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Peter Hamilton, February 1978.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Peter Hamilton, February 1978.