Médaille de la Truite

CNG 87, Lot: 2218. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SWITZERLAND, République et Canton de Genève. Genève. AR Medal (58mm, 59.99 g, 12h). Commemorating the New Century and the Adoption of the Gregorian Calendar. Possibly by D. Dassier. Struck 1701. VNO SPIRITV DVCE (our leader is the one spirit), sixteen members from the three estates (government, religion, and academia) seated at round table preparing to feast upon a large trout / Legend in fourteen lines; floral scroll below. Martin 52. EF, toned. Very rare.

Ex Leu 43 (13 May 1987), lot 1527.