282, Lot: 483. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Empire. Franz Josef. 1848-1916. Æ Medal (58mm, 93.36 g, 12h). Commemorating the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Construction of the Southern Railway in Trieste. By A. Fabris. Dated 1850 in Roman numerals. IMP · REX · FRANCISCVS · IOSEPHVS · PIVS · FELIX · VICTOR · AVGVSTVS ·, uniformed bust left / CONSTITVTOR · AVSTRIAE · ADSERTOR · LIBERTATIS · PORTVS · TERGESTINI (the stabilizer of Austria, the assister of liberty, the gateway of Treiste), scene of the groundbreaking ceremony; in three lines in exergue, LAPIDEM · AVSPICALEM/VIAE · FERRATAE · TERGESTINAE/IPSE · POSVIT · AN · MDCCCL (he himself hath placed the auspicious stone for the railway in Trieste). Hauser 2197; Wurzbacher 2456. Good VF, red-brown surfaces, light scratches.