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Nomos 5

25 October 2011
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 7500 CHF
Hammer Price:  11000 CHF
Lot 7

GERMANY, Nürnberg (Stadt). Uniface Medal (Bronze, 42mm, 20.11 g), on the 30th birthday of Charles V, by Matthes Gebel (c. 1500-1574), undated but 1530. IMP CAES CAROLVS V P F AVGVST AN AET XXX Draped bust of Charles V to right, wearing flat hat and the Order of the Golden Fleece. Rev. Blank. Bernhart 65. Pollard 723 = Kress 599 var. A very attractive, thin and contemporary cast of high quality, with a fine brown patina. Traces of a casting sprue on the reverse, extremely fine.


From the Stack Collection, Morton & Eden, 9 December 2009, 244 and ex Numismatica Genevensis V, 2 December 2008, 689.

Matthes Gebel was, along with Hagenauer, Hans Schwartz and Christoph Weiditz, one of the great medalists of the German Renaissance. This medal, apparently produced to celebrate the emperor Charles V’s 30th birthday and the Imperial Diet at Augsburg, is unusually fine and provides us with a thoughtful and sensitive portrait that is particularly well made.

Online bidding closes: 25 Oct 2011, 00:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 16:35:08 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:11000 CHF

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