MEDAL MAKER'S MARK OF JOHANN BARTHOLOMEUS HOLEISEN (1639-1688), GERMANY, 1641; PAINTED PORTRAIT POSSIBLY AMSTERDAM OR LEIDEN, CIRCA 1640

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A 17th Century medal/coin with a painted portrait of a man inside
Medal maker's mark of Johann Bartholomeus Holeisen (1639-1688), Germany, 1641; painted portrait possibly Amsterdam or Leiden, circa 1640
The medal/coin with on the front Ferdinand III and dated 1641 and on the back the towers of Augsburg and text Augusta vin Delicorum, inside a painted portrait of a Dutch gentleman facing right in black cloack, lace-edged white lawn collar and long brown curling hair
4.1cm. diam.
marked on the back of the medal
16gr.

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Lot Essay

A so called "schraubthaler" of Ferdinant III, dated 1641, the reverse with the towers of the town of Augsburg and the text: "Augusta vin Delicorum" (Free town Augsburg). The mint-master mark, three horse-shoes, is of Johann Bartholomeus Holeisen (worked 1639-1688). The schraubthaler is probably made up of two hollowed-out thalers.

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