Watch List notes:

Holy Roman Empire, Charles V, silver medal, 1537, by Hans Reinhart the Elder (c. 1510-81), half-length bust of Charles V right, aged 37, wearing cap and elaborately embroidered gown and holding sceptre and orb; traces of incised HR monogram below his right arm, rev., PLVS OVLTRE, the Imperial coat of arms supported by crowned double eagle; signed below H – R, 72.65g, 66.2mm (Habich 1926, pl. CCIII, 7; Bernhart 93; Trusted 143), minor edge flaw and faint V graffito in obverse field, otherwise an extremely fine contemporary cast with grey toning The medal was re-issued in 1544 with an older portrait of the emperor, aged 44, for which see Scher, Currency of Fame, 125.

Estimate: 4000 - 6000 GBP