Sale 2439
Amsterdam
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16 November 1999
Price realised
NLG 1,872
Estimate
A continental silver-gilt cast medallion Apparently unmarked, probably the Netherlands or Germany, 17th Century Oval, depicting the martyrdom of Sebastian tied to a tree shot with arrows and left for dead, the border engraved with the indistinct inscription 'DEDERUNT B M V D E ROSARIO A D PRAE DICATORES AE W .. NICOLAUS WAGENER ET MARGARETHA BURGUNDA CONINGES ME DONO' 11.5cm. (4in.) high 132gr.
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