Lot 244: [ GERMAN MEDALS ]

MATTHES GEBEL (c. 1500-1574) Charles V (1500-1558), Holy Roman Emperor, 1519-1556, uniface bronze medal (1530), IMP CAES CAROLVS V P F AVGVST AN AET XXX, bearded bust right, aged 30, in hat and wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece; with wreath border, 41.6mm (cf. Habich 1010; Bernhart 65; Trusted 75; Pollard 723 = Kress 599), cast on a thin flan with traces of a sprue on the reverse, an extremely fine contemporary cast with brown patina, of high quality

Provenance: Numismatica Genevensis 5, 2-3 December 2008, lot 689.