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
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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
Provenance
Rothschild inv. no. LR140.
Lot Essay
The term Judenmedaillen is applied to a class of gold and silver medals produced by Jewish goldsmiths in Prague in the early part of the 17th century.
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