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Collector's Choice June 2022 Auction  1-3 Jun 2022
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Lot 72544

Starting price: 180 USD
Price realized: 260 USD
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SWEDEN. Två Kungar Erik (The Two Eriks) Silver Medal, ND (1745-60). PCGS SPECIMEN-66.
Hildebrand II, p. 550, 11. Regents of Sweden series. Diameter: 34mm. Obverse: Two busts, armored and in crested helms, facing one another. Reverse: Legend in six lines. Quite powerful and well rendered, this exceptional Gem presents an alluring obverse design meant to represent the two Eriks, who fought pyrrhically against one another for the throne.

Swiss-born Johann Carl Hedlinger (1691-1771) was trained in Paris and later became the court medalist in Stockholm, where he produced numerous historical medals on commission. His portraits are often viewed as some of the most elegant and well-known, and he contributed greatly to his series of "Regentlängd," or "regent lengths,"--a series that provided portraits and brief biographies of the Swedish monarchs from Björn på Håga through Fredrik I.

Estimate: $300 - $500

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