Watch List notes:

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Sweden, Count Nicodemus Tessin, the Younger (1654-1728), Baroque architect, city planner and administrator, Copper Medal, 1728, by J C Hedlinger, his draped bust to right, with flowing hair, rev Minerva seated by broken column, with shield, globe and other emblems, PROFERT ET PROTEGIT ARTES, 61mm (Felder 73; Hild p.107, 4). Extremely fine with rich 'chocolate' patina, very rare.
This medal was commissioned by his son, Karl Gustav Tessin, in the year of Nicodemus's death. It is more usually found struck in silver and in that metal was used as a prize medal for the arts. The portrait is considered to be one of Hedlinger's finest.

Estimate: £350-450