Death of Frederik III

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1289. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DENMARK. Frederik III. 1648-1670. AR Klippe Medal. On the death of Frederik III. A. Meybusch, engraver. Struck 1670. FRID . III . D . G . DAN . NOR . VAN . GOT . Q . REX ., bust right; birth, death, and regnal dates in quarters / Obelisk inscribed ME / MO / RIAE / AETER / OPTIMI / PRINCIP; lion seated right in foreground, setting sun in background; dates in quarters commemorating events during his reign. G. Galster, Danske og norske Medailler og Jetons ca. 1533-ca. 1788 (Copenhagen, 1936), 167. In an NGC slab graded AU 58.