Hercules and Iolaos Defeating the Lernean Hydra
The Relief of Vienna

CNG 93, Lot: 1913. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Augsburg (Stadt). AR Medal (46mm, 41.40 g, 12h). Commemorating the Relief of Vienna. By C. J. Leherr. Dated 1683 in chronogram on the reverse. CONCORDIA HEROVM VICTORIAE STABILIMENTVM (two forces, when joined together, are the backbone of a victory), Hercules and Iolaos defeating the Lernaean Hydra; CIL below / Inscription in fourteen lines citing the relief of Vienna by the Holy League; below, pinecone flanked by F C. Forster 57; Hirsch 32; Julius 178. EF, areas of toning in devices, a few minor field marks. A noteworthy mythological interpretation of an historical event.

Ex Peus 385 (2 November 2005), lot 3698.