CNG 88, Lot: 1999. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Augsburg (Stadt). AR Medal (51mm, 70.60 g, 12h). Commemorating the Industry of the City. By C. Ungelter. Dated 1677 in Roman numerals. · PVBLICO CONSILIO PVBLICÆ SALVTI · (by public authority, for the public good), façade of the Augsburger Rathaus (City Hall of Augsburg); two garnished coats-of-arms above; MDCLXXVII in exergue / FIRMA HÆC DISRV[MP]ET FOEDERA NVLLA DIES · (not a single day has torn this steadfast alliance asunder), Genius of the city right, greeting Queen of the Arts left; between, pine cone in pot; all set on altar inscribed GENIVS AVGVSTANVS/ET/REGINA ARTIVM; around, border of instruments of trade, art, and science; Edge: REBVS ES VBERTAS SICCIS SAT REBVS ES VBER (a palindrome: for dry things you are a sufficient abundance, for things you are plentiful). Forster 53; Grosshauser, “Verzeichniss der in der Münzsammlung der historischen Vereins von Schwaben und Neuburg befindlichen Münzen und Medaillen der Stadt Ausburg,” in Jahresbericht 35 (1869/1870), p. 51, 332. EF, toned, a few edge marks.

Ex Künker 183 (14 March 2011), lot 2476.