Lot 236: [ GERMAN MEDALS ]

CHRISTOPH WEIDITZ (c. 1500-1559) Ambrosius Jung (1471-1548), lead medal, AMBROSIVS IVNG ARTIVM ET MEDICINÆ DOCTOR AN ÆTATIS LVII, bust right, aged 57, wearing fur-lined cloak and wide-brimmed hat, rev., IVSTICIA NOTRA CHRISTVS M D XXVIII, coat of arms surmounted by crested helm, 72.4mm (Habich 365; Pollard 689 = Kress 587; Brettauer pl. 2, 578), pierced, a very fine contemporary cast with an exceptional portrait in high relief

Provenance: 'The Property of a Late Collector', Sotheby's, 12 June 1974, lot 124; Numismatica Genevensis 4, 11-12 December 2006, lot 298. Jung was a doctor in Augsburg, knighted by Charles V in 1520. He married Elisabeth Lauginger and was a follower of the religious reformer Zwingli. He published Tractatus de pestilentia ex diversis auctoribus aggregatus in Augsburg in 1494.