Lot 111
111
Austria, Ferdinand III (1627-1657), Half-ducat, 1641, Breslau, crowned bust to right, rev. crowned Imperial eagle with arms, swan below (MzA.139), damaged at 12 o'clock where removed from a mount, the obverse field tooled, very fine, scarce
Austria, Ferdinand III (1627-1657), Half-ducat, 1641, Breslau, crowned bust to right, rev. crowned Imperial eagle with arms, swan below (MzA.139), damaged at 12 o'clock where removed from a mount, the obverse field tooled, very fine, scarce

Price realised GBP 276
Estimate
GBP 80 – GBP 120
Closed: 8 Jul 1999
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Austria, Ferdinand III (1627-1657), Half-ducat, 1641, Breslau, crowned bust to right, rev. crowned Imperial eagle with arms, swan below (MzA.139), damaged at 12 o'clock where removed from a mount, the obverse field tooled, very fine, scarce

Price realised GBP 276
Closed: 8 Jul 1999
Price realised GBP 276
Closed: 8 Jul 1999
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Austria, Ferdinand III (1627-1657), Half-ducat, 1641, Breslau, crowned bust to right, rev. crowned Imperial eagle with arms, swan below (MzA.139), damaged at 12 o'clock where removed from a mount, the obverse field tooled, very fine, scarce
Provenance
Rothschild inv. no. LR180.

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Lot 112

Austria, Rudolph von Habsburg and his wife Clementia of Naples, gold portrait Judenmedaille, undated and unsigned, IMP CAES RUDOLPHUS REX GERM COM HAB UAN EUS, crowned bust of Rudolph to right, holding orb and sceptre, rev. CLEMENTIA REG NEAPO CAROLI UX RUD IM FI, crowned bust of Clementia to left, 56mm., 30g., traces of mount at 12 o'clock, creased, good very fine

EstimateGBP 500 – GBP 800
Price realisedGBP 3,105
Lot 113

Holy Roman Empire, Charles V (1519-1558) and Ferdinand (I of Germany 1522-1564), silver gilt medal, dated 1547, by Concz Welcz, LVMI ET ORA CAROLI V IMPERATOREIS GRE FERDINADVS DG ROMANO BOE HVNG Z REX, busts of Charles on right and Ferdinand on left, vis--vis, both wearing caps and badges of the Golden Fleece, within architectural frame, a cherub with two shields in exergue, reverse, soldiers in a landscape, the battle of Mhlberg, CAPTIVITAS IOANIS FRIDERICI above, DVCIS SAXONIAE MDXLVII below, 57mm. (Bernhart 135, tf.X; Habich 1909, tf.201, 10; Lbbecke 417; Katz 313, tf.XLV.4; Markl 1980; Tentzel 13-V), rim pierced and plugged at 12 o'clock, very fine

EstimateGBP 400 – GBP 600
Price realisedGBP 2,530
Lot 114

Holy Roman Empire, Matthias (1612-1619), silver gilt coronation medal, 1612, by Christian Maler, MATTH ROM IMP CAES ET ANNA AVSTR AVG, conjoined busts of Matthias and his wife Anna to right, the Emperor laureate, draped, and cuirassed, wearing high large ruff and the collar and badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece, the Empress wearing dress with jewelled bodice and high, fan shaped, lace ruff, rev. legend in nine lines, signed below CVM PRIVILEG CM, 40mm. (Forrer, III, 543; Joseph-Fellner 317), rim pierced and plugged at 12 o'clock, extremely fine, the gilding slightly dulled but still attractive

EstimateGBP 600 – GBP 800
Price realisedGBP 1,955
Lot 115

Germany, Georg Ernst von Henneberg (1511-1583), silver-gilt klippe portrait medal, bust three-quarters to right, in high collar and ruff, rev. engraved in seven lines VON GOTTES GENADEN GEORG ERNST GRAF VND HERR ZV HENNENBERG 1572, 29mm.x38mm., the gilding worn in places, very fine, very rare, with ring for suspension

EstimateGBP 600 – GBP 800
Price realisedGBP 3,105
Lot 116

Germany, Anhalt, Ludwig Prince of Anhalt-Cthen (1579-1603-1650), gold oval portrait medal, 1606, by Matthus Carl, DG LVDOVICVS PRINCEPS ANHALTIN COM ASCA, draped and armoured bust to right with lace collar, AETA 27 on truncation, rev. DOMINE IN VIIS TVIS FAC-VT VIVAM 1606, crowned shield with strapwork cartouche, 36mm.x29mm. (Habich 2707 tf.CCLXVII,2; Mann 443 tf.XXXII), tooled on the obverse, extremely fine, very rare, in a gold and enamel mount, 59mm.x44mm., with three pendant pearls (69mm.x44mm. overall)

EstimateGBP 25,000 – GBP 35,000
Price realisedGBP 20,700
Lot 117

Spain, Fernando and Isabel (1474-1504), gold 20-Excelentes, undated, Segovia, FERNANDVS ET HELISABET DG REX ET REGINA CASTELE LEGIO A, crowned busts of the king and queen, vis--vis, value XX above, initial F between them, rev. SVB VMBRA ALARVM TUARUM PROTEGE NOS DOMINE DEVS NOST, crowned shield over heraldic eagle, aqueducts (for Segovia) to left and right, 70.117g. (CT.2, illustrated by a pencil rubbing only, 'nico ejemplar conocido'), traces of a mount around the edge, particularly at 12 o'clock on the obverse (9 o'clock on the reverse), slight double striking on the obverse, good very fine, one of the great rarities of the entire Spanish series

EstimateGBP 100,000 – GBP 150,000
Price realisedGBP 221,500
Lot 118

Spanish Netherlands, Margaret of Austria, duchess of Parma (1522-1586), struck silver medal, undated (1567), after Jaques Jonghelinck, MARGARETA DE AVSTRIA DP ET P GERMANIAE INFERIORIS GVB, bust to right, wearing veiled headdress, gown with puffed sleeves, and necklace with pendant cross, rev. FAVENTE DEO, an allegorical female standing on a rock, buffeted by waves and wind, holding a sword in her right hand, palm and olive branches in her left, buildings to her right, in the distance a boat entering a harbour, 58mm. (cf.Arm.II, p.211 no.40; cf. van Loon I, pp.87-88; Sim. pp.58-60; and pl.VIII, vol.1; Smolderen 1996, p.288-289), an attractive struck piece on a thick silver flan, 88.05g., signs of double-striking on the reverse, extremely fine, rare

EstimateGBP 1,500 – GBP 2,000
Price realisedGBP 4,600
Lot 119

A PAIR OF CARVED BOXWOOD RELIEFS OF TWO LADIES, ONE OF THEM ANNA OF HUNGARY

STYLE OF HANS KELS, PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY

EstimateGBP 20,000 – GBP 30,000
Price realisedGBP 17,250
Lot 120

AN ENAMELLED SILVER-MOUNTED CIRCULAR MOTHER-OF-PEARL PORTRAIT RELIEF OF PHILIP I, KING OF SPAIN AND DUKE OF BURGUNDY

AUSTRIAN, 16TH CENTURY STYLE

EstimateGBP 1,000 – GBP 1,500
Price realisedGBP 4,140
Lot 121

A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED BLOODSTONE TEAPOT

19TH CENTURY, UNMARKED EXCEPT FOR AUSTRIAN CONTROL MARK

EstimateGBP 5,000 – GBP 8,000
Price realisedGBP 19,550
Lot 122

A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED BLONDE TORTOISESHELL JEWEL CASKET

CIRCA 1740

EstimateGBP 6,000 – GBP 10,000
Price realisedGBP 35,600
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