Lot 237: [ GERMAN MEDALS ]

CHRISTOPH WEIDITZ (c. 1500-1559) Friedrich, Duke of Saxony (1504-1539), uniface silver medal, 1539, FRIDERICH HERCZOG ZV SACHSEN ETC AET XXXV 1539, bearded bust right wearing twisted head-band and gown, aged 35, 35.34g, 43.2mm (Habich 1860 [45 mm]; Lanna 876 [42mm]; Tentzel pl. 4, I), some slight metal flaws, an extremely fine contemporary cast

Provenance: Raritäten-Cabinet IV, Hamburger, Frankfurt, 2 April 1900, lot 341; Vogel collection, Hess, Frankfurt, 8 October 1928, lot 6571; Sotheby's, 8 July 1997, lot 14.