CNG 93, Lot: 1902. Estimate $500. Sold for $801. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Josef II. Emperor, 1765-1790. AR Medal (40mm, 17.53 g, 12h). Commemorating the Austrian Victory over the Ottoman Empire and the Siege of Belgrade. By I. Donner. Dated 1789 in Roman numerals. IOSEPHVS · II · AVGVSTVS ·, laureate head right / TVRCIS · ACIE · VICTIS · TAVRVNO · RECVPERATO · (with the Turks defeated on the battlefield, Belgrade hath been recovered), Rumor seated left on throne, holding trumpet and inscribing column MARTINEST/BELGRAD in two lines; column surmounted by eagle; banners and canon to left; in three lines in exergue, X · KAL · OCTOBR ·/VIII · ID · OCTOBR ·/M · DCC · LXXXIX ·. Julius 2825. UNC, lightly toned and lustrous, a few light friction marks.