CNG 93, Lot: 1905. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Ferdinand I. Archduke of Austria-Este, 1754-1806. AR Medal (49mm, 43.87 g, 12h). Commemorating His Appointment as Governor of the Duchy of Milan. By J. M. Krafft. Dated 1771 in Roman numerals. FERDINANDVS ARCHIDVX AVSTR, garlanded head right / OMEN FELICITATIS INSVBRICAE (an omen of Insubrian [Lombardic] good fortune), Apollo seated facing, head left, holding rudder and lyre set upon globe; in three lines in exergue, PROVINCIA ORDINATA/ARCHIDVCE PRAEFECTO/MDCCLXXI (the province hath been ordered with the arrival of the archduke). Julius 2554. UNC, lightly toned and lustrous.