Triton XX, Lot: 1616. Estimate $1000. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GERMANY, Hamburg. AR Doppelter Hochzeitstaler (59mm, 57.95 g, 12h). Marriage Medal – The Wedding at Cana. Christoff Fuessel, mintmaster. Struck 1620-1634. (name of God in Hebrew) QUOS x DEUS + CONIUNXIT HOMO + NON + SEPARET + (cinquefoil), Christ standing facing between man and woman standing facing one another and clasping hands / (hand holding hatchet) IESUS CHRISTUS · MACHET WASSER · Z : WEINN · IN · CANA · GAL : IOH : II, marriage at Cana: Christ seated right at table, Mary seated to back left, woman and man seated left; four servants around, one pouring water into six jugs at Christ’s feet. KM 142. Good VF, toned, removed from bezel.
From J. Eric Engstrom Collection.