AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. temp. Ferdinand I. Archduke, 1519-1556; Emperor, 1556-1564. Cast AR Medal (25mm, 6.98 g, 12h). Memento mori issue. Dies by Nickel Milicz or his workshop. Dated 155[...]. ILLE SAPIT QVI SCIT CAEDRE TEMPORIBVS 155[...], Putti reclining left; to left, hour glass set on skull; open vault to right; tree in background / ERS ERIT SVBITO QVI MODO CROESVS ERAT O S S, Solon, standing right, conversing with Croesus, enthroned left; all set within ornate medieval audience hall. See Sincona 47, lot 1421 and Baldwin's 101, lot 3709 (for similar examples). VF, deposits, some minor cleaning marks and chasing.
Purchased from Johannes Diller at the Berlin World Money Fair, 6 February 2008.