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GERMANY. Brandenburg. Artemis Ephesia/Science & Medicine Bronze Medal, 1828. GEM UNCIRCULATED.
Brettauer-2406; Marienburg-3818. By F. Konig at the Loos workshop. Diameter: 41mm; Weight: 38.86 gms. Issued 1828 for the 7th Assembly of German Natural Scientists and Physicians in Berlin. obverse: CERTO DIGESTVM EST ORDINE CORPVS, facing statue of Artemis Ephesia, with globus and crescent in hands; in foreground, sphinx reclining left; Reverse: IN / MEMORIAM / CONVENTVS / NATVRAE; SCRVTAT. / TOTIVS GERMANAEl; / SEPTIM. CELEBRATI / BEROLINI / MDCCCXXVIII / MENS SEPTEMBRI in nine lines. Edge: A few subtle, rather inconsequential bruises; otherwise plain. Rich brown surfaces, with intense luster and a shimmering, glossy brilliance. A SCARCE type with great classical appeal.
Brettauer-2406; Marienburg-3818. By F. Konig at the Loos workshop. Diameter: 41mm; Weight: 38.86 gms. Issued 1828 for the 7th Assembly of German Natural Scientists and Physicians in Berlin. obverse: CERTO DIGESTVM EST ORDINE CORPVS, facing statue of Artemis Ephesia, with globus and crescent in hands; in foreground, sphinx reclining left; Reverse: IN / MEMORIAM / CONVENTVS / NATVRAE; SCRVTAT. / TOTIVS GERMANAEl; / SEPTIM. CELEBRATI / BEROLINI / MDCCCXXVIII / MENS SEPTEMBRI in nine lines. Edge: A few subtle, rather inconsequential bruises; otherwise plain. Rich brown surfaces, with intense luster and a shimmering, glossy brilliance. A SCARCE type with great classical appeal.
Leaning rather heavily into the classics, this medal issued for the scientific and medical community for their seventh assembly features a sphinx-given the increased allure for all things Egypt after Champollion's deciphering of the Rosetta Stone not that long prior-and a statue of the Ephesian Artemis, with Ephesos being further excavated and researched in the century to come.
Estimate: $100 - $200