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Nomos 13

7 October 2016
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 1250 CHF
Hammer Price:  3800 CHF
Lot 96

Germany. Medal (Silver, 43mm, 29.16 g 12), on the capture of Douai by the Allies in 1710, unsigned, but by Martin Brunner, 1710. DEFECTVM LVMINE VIDIT (=her view has lost its light) View of the Earth eclipsing the light of the (French) sun; all surrounded by clouds. Rev. SPES PERDENS (=hope lost) A Frenchman, on the right, playing dice with a soldier of the Allies: the Frenchman hands his opponent a coin labeled DO/VAY, who already has won coins labeled MO/NS, RU/SEL and DOR/NIC, while the Frenchman still only has coins labeled AR/RAS and PA/RIS; in exergue, DVACVM GALLIS PACEM / SPERN.EREPTVM. / MDCCX. (=Douai taken from the French, who rejected peace). EiN 171 (AE). Forrer I, p. 301. Julius 725. Montenuovo 1318. Van Loon V, pp. 165-166, ii. Rare. Very attractively toned and lustrous. Virtually as struck.


Gorny & Mosch 213, 7 March 2013, 4155.

Online bidding closes: 7 Oct 2016, 11:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 18 Apr 2024, 18:17:30 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3800 CHF

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