397, Lot: 800. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SWITZERLAND, Kanton Basel-Schtadt. Basel. Simon Grynaeus, scholar and Protestant reformer. 1493-1541. Cast AR Medal (36 mm, 20.07 g, 12h). On his death. By Jakon Sampfer. Dated 1541 (in Roman numerals). SIMON GRYNÆVS OBIIT AN DN MDXLI ÆT XLVIII, bust left / INGENIO/ ET VITA TO/TVM COMPLEVE/RAT ORBEM/ EXIGVO VVLTVM/ CIVIS IN OR/BE VIDE. Habich 858. VF, toned, chased.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXIV.10 (October 1976), no. 8454.