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1350 1349. AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Cast AV Medal (55.5mm, 22.93 g, 12h). Louis XII of France (1498-1515) and Anne of Brittany. “Judenmedaille” type. Prague mint. Struck early 17th century. ส ǭчĕɭчƱýɭ / ҞƱƱ / ʽĚgNªNͿĚ / ýªĚSĚʽĚ / ªǭͿĚʽɭ / gªчĕĚͿ / ɭ⍴NƱS / NªͿƱɭ, crowned and mantled bust of Louis right, wearing tricorne hat and Collar of the Order of Saint-Michel / ส ªNNª / ʽĚgƱNª / Hªý / чƱчĚNͿĚ / ɭ⍴NƱS / ǭªĚͿªÏªͿчʽ / ͿĚʽʽª, crowned, veiled, and mantled bust of Anne left. Winter 3.14; cf. Bernhart 15; cf. Klein B 15. Fields lightly chased as usual. EF. Rare. ($5000) Ex Triton XIX (5 January 2016), lot 832.
1350. AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Cast AV Medal (52mm, 19.62 g, 12h). Elisabeth von Thüringen (1207-1231). “Judenmedaille” type. Prague mint. Dated 1231 (in Roman numerals), but struck early 17th century. ĿLƩS£BĿ˶£ / ōƩLƩ£ / £ɀĕˆ / rĿŷ / чɀŷ£ˆ / ɭBƩ˶ / ȶ£rB / £ɀ ȶææҢҢҢƩ ), crowned and veiled bust of St. Elizabeth of Hungary facing slightly left within tressure of seventeen arches; each arch ending in triple pellets; annulets in spandrels / ส ĕƩSPĿrSƩ˶ / ĕĿĕƩ˶ / P£чP Ḧ ƩчS˶ Ḧ ĿƩчS / ȶ£ɀĿ˶ / Ʃɀ / SĿæчL Ḧ SĿæчLƩ, view of the Elizabethkirche in Marburg within tressure of seventeen arches; each arch ending in triple pellets; annulets in spandrels. Winter 3.17/1; cf. Bernhart 21; cf. Klein B 21 (for example in silver). Toned, removed from a mount, fields chased as usual. VF. Rare. ($3000) Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Part I, Classical Numismatic Group 100, 7 October 2015), lot 1109; Abe Kosoff Collection (Bowers & Merena, 5 November 1985), lot 5018. The large series of pseudo-medieval medals, long known as ‘Judenmedaille’ from their supposed manufacture by Jewish minters in Prague, were actually part of a very carefully thought out series designed to glorify the ancestors of the House of Hapsburg. They appear in different metals, primarily in silver with gold ones being particularly rare. This one bears a portrait of St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231) who had been the wife of Ludwig IV of Thuringia; on the reverse is the great church of St. Elizabeth in Marburg, which began to be built in 1235 when Elizabeth was canonized. It was consecrated in 1283 but the towers were only finished in 1340. It is one of the earliest Gothic churches in Germany and was a model both for the cathedral of Cologne and for St. Paul’s Church in Strasbourg.
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