CNG 105, Lot: 1183. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Ferdinand I. As King of the Romans, Hungary, and Bohemia, 1531-1558. Cast AR Medal (49mm, 36.98 g, 12h). Successful Administration of His Wife’s Patrimonial Territories. Unsigned, but by Wolf Milicz of Joachimsthal. Dated 1537 (in Roman numerals). FERDINANDVS ROMANORVM HVNGARIAE BOHEMIAE REX MDXXXVII ·, bust of Ferdinand right; leaf stops / ANNA REGINA HVNGARIAE CONIVNX FERDINANDI MDXXXVII, bust of Anna right; leaf stops. Katz 273; Markl 2104. EF, toned, marks and scratches in fields.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.