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Auction: 25055 - British Medals and World Coins featuring The Hurter-Amman Collection of Ancient and European Gold
Lot: 769

Austria, Charles VI (1711-1740), Birth of Prince Leopold, AR Medal, 1716 [Chronogram], by Martin Brunner, ELIZABETHA CHRIST. ROMAN : AVGVSTA, bust of the Empress Elizabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg right, MB on truncation, rev. LAETA NOVA ! OVA AFFERT PASCHALIA MVNDO., eagle on her nest atop a tower, LEOPOLD, ARCHID. AVSTR. PRINC. ASTVR. NATVS XIII APR. II FERIA PASCH. in exergue in four lines, 36mm, 14.81g, 12h (Brockmann 387; Julius 981 [AE]: Montenuovo 1453), some light bagmarks, otherwise with a residual lustre and rich cabinet tone to the legends, thus good very fine or better, rare

Provenance


The Wilhelm Hüffer (1821-1895) Collection of European Coins and Medals, Spink Auction, 28 September 2023, lot 581 [with his envelope]

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£250