GREECE: AR medal, 1690, Voltolina-1085; Forster-668, 44mm, The Venetian Republic Reconquers Fortress Napoli di Malvasia from the Turks, silver medal by Philipp Heinrich Müller, Hercules stands over the slain dragon and reaches for the golden apple // Venetian galleys sail into the port, one firing cannon, NEAPOLIS MALVASIÆ, and in exergue, VLTRA SESQVI SECVLVM ..., lettered edge (by Friedrich Kleinert), with chronogrammatic legend, VT IVSTIS ..., aggressive reverse scratches, EF, RRR. The Napoli di Malvasia (Monemvasia) is a fortress at the Southernmost tip of the Peloponnese in Greece. Francesco Morosini had first tried to recapture the fortress in 1687, but it finally fell in 1690, under the command of Girolamo Corner, Provveditore Generale da Mar. Similar undamaged examples bring $4000-5000 in auctions.
Estimate: 400-600 USD