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Auction: 382 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NY INC
Lot: 127

Germany, Prussia, Frederick the Great (1740-1786), Commemorative AE Medals (2), including: Capture of Prague, 1757, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. FAMA PRVDENTIA ET VIRTVTE, Victory kicking the crown from the head of Maria Theresa, edge plain, 35.64g, 12h, 49mm. (Olding 602; Julius 2324; Forrer II 536), rubbed, about very fine; another, Victory at the Battles of Rosbach and Lissa, 1757, Frederick on horseback left, brandishing sword, vista in background, rev>P>. QUO NIHIL MAJUS MELIUS VE, Battle of Rosbach amongst clouds of smoke, 35.05g, 1h, 49mm., edge corrosion and rim faults, otherwise chocolate patina, a bold fine (2)