CNG 93, Lot: 1904. Estimate $500. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Ferdinand I. Archduke of Austria-Este, 1754-1806. AR Medal (49mm, 43.80 g, 12h). Commemorating His Trip to Lombardia. By J. M. Krafft. Dated 1771 in Roman numerals. FERDINANDVS ARCHIDVX AVSTR, garlanded head right / INSVBRIA LAETA (glad the land of the Insubres [Lombardia]), personification of Milan standing slightly right, head uplifted, leaning upon shield and extending hand; around, bundles of grain, cornucopia, and personification of the Po river reclining right, pouring urn from which liquid flows and holding rudder; in three lines in exergue, FERDINANDO · AVSTRIO ·/VICARIVM · IMPERIVM ·/ADEVNTE · MDCCLXXI. Julius 2552. UNC, lightly toned and lustrous, a few light friction marks.