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Electronic Auction 531  25-26 Jan 2023
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Lot 1639

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 80 USD
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LOW COUNTRIES, Dutch Revolt. 1566/8-1581. Cast Oval Æ Medal (29x39mm, 27.46 g, 6h). Dated 1572 (but a later cast). · EN · TOVT · FIDELIS · AV · ROY · 1 · 5 · 7 · 2 (in everything faithful to the King), upright sword with tip surmounted by coin, itself flanked by severed ears; to left, spectacles above flute; to right, row of additional nine coins; annulets flanking hilt; all within ornate order / · IVSQVES · A · PORTER· LA · BESASE · (unto carrying the beggar's pouch), two nobles standing vis-à-vis, the left one with a beggar's pouch hanging from his belt and extending his hand to the right one, raising hand and wearing medal; other hand on hilt; all within ornate order. van Loon (new edition) 1572.5; Ophthalmologia XI.53. Dark brown surfaces, casting flaw on reverse. VF.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Künker 297 (27 September 2017), lot 3131.
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