Triton XV, Lot: 1733. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Hamburg (Hansestadt). AV Medal – Halber Bankportugalöser zu 5 Dukaten. Commemorating the ‘Interim-Recess’ of Pinneberg. By J. Reteke. Dated 1679. (rosette) DEINE GÜTE HERR SEY VBER UNS WIE WIR AUFF DICH HOFFEN : (Lord, may thy kindness be with us just as we have hoped for), view of the port of Hamburg; Eye of Providence above; ·HAMBVRG· (star stops) in exergue / (rosette) GOTT LOB DER UNS SO GÜTIG LIEBT · DEM KRIEGE WEHRT UND FRIDEN GIBT : (God loves our praise so graciously that he gives unto war first resistance then peace), Peace standing facing, head left, raising hand in benediction and holding palm frond; musical and military instruments and implements below; above, name of God in Hebrew within rayed sun; around below, ·D:I·NOV: AD:1679:·. Gaedechens 1613; Schulman, Pax, -. In NGC encapsulation graded AU 55.