CNG 105, Lot: 1184. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Münster (Stadt). Jan van Leiden. 1509-1539. Cast AR Medal (43mm, 17.40 g, 12h). Dated 1536 (in Roman numerals). (rosette) IOHAN VAN LEIDEN EIN KONING DER WEDERDOPER ZO MONSTER, half-length bust facing slightly left, holding scroll and scepter; WARHAFTICH/ CONTER in two lines below; annulet stops / ᚯGOTTESᚯMACHTᚯIST MYNᚯCRACHTᚯANNOᚯM(retrograde D)XXXVI, orb over banner and crossed swords, surmounted by crown. Schnell 44; Geisberg 21. EF, toned, evidence of mount removed. Attractive early cast.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.