CNG 105, Lot: 1187. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Wittenberg (Stadt). Philipp Melanchthon. 1497-1560. Silvered Cast Æ Medal (46mm, 26.65 g, 12h). By Friedrich Hagenauer of Strassburg (active 1525-1543) . Dated 1543 (in Roman numerals). (star) PHILIPPVS MELANTHON · Ao · AETATIS SVÆ · XLVI/· I · (leaf), bust left; maker’s monogram to left / PSAL. 36./SVBDITVS ESTO DEO (ET) ORA EVM./ANNO./M.D.XLIII/(leaf). Habich 652; Löbbecke 354; Kress 594; Trusted 83; see Spink 193, lot 156 (for an unsilvered example). Good VF, toned. Attractive contemporary cast.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.