Bruun Rasmussen
Auction 894 12 May 2020
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Poland, John III Sobieski, 1674-1696, medal with busts of the royal couple commemorating their visit to Gdansk in August 1677, weight of 7 Ducats 24.16 g, 34 mm, dies by Gdansk medalist Jan Höhn. Raczyński 216. The reverse shows a special 'triumphal arch' (erected to the visit) of a palm and an olive tree with the Sobieski coat of arms. Small scratches, edge nicks and mark in left reverse field on lovely, old provenanced specimen.
Ex. M. Frankiewicz in Posen (Felix Schlessinger, Berlin and Leo Hamburger, Frankfurt, auction in Berlin 15 September 1930 lot 748, ill.).
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Estimate: 70000 DKK / 9500 EUR
Poland, John III Sobieski, 1674-1696, medal with busts of the royal couple commemorating their visit to Gdansk in August 1677, weight of 7 Ducats 24.16 g, 34 mm, dies by Gdansk medalist Jan Höhn. Raczyński 216. The reverse shows a special 'triumphal arch' (erected to the visit) of a palm and an olive tree with the Sobieski coat of arms. Small scratches, edge nicks and mark in left reverse field on lovely, old provenanced specimen.
Ex. M. Frankiewicz in Posen (Felix Schlessinger, Berlin and Leo Hamburger, Frankfurt, auction in Berlin 15 September 1930 lot 748, ill.).
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Estimate: 70000 DKK / 9500 EUR