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Nomos 5

25 October 2011
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 2500 CHF
Hammer Price:  2200 CHF
Lot 75

France, Strasbourg. 1678. Medal (Silver, 48mm, 45.83 g 12), on the city’s guilds. SOLIUS VIRTUTIS / FLOS PERPETUUS (=Of virtue alone is the everlasting flower) / 1678 View of the city of Strasbourg with and angel flying above bearing a lily and a sword Rev. In Zwantzig Zunften und Gottes Hutt Strassburg die Statt bestehen thutt (=Strassburg consists of twenty guilds in God’s care) Arms of the city of Strasbourg within a circle of the arms of the city’s twenty guilds; around. Engel & Lehr 543/4. Rare. Nicely toned. Extremely fine.


This medal celebrates the city’s guilds and describes them, along with God’s help, as being the shield of the city.

Online bidding closes: 25 Oct 2011, 00:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 24 Apr 2024, 03:11:38 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:2200 CHF

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