Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1983. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA. Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary. 1848-1916. Æ Bronzed 85mm Medal (223.54 g, 12h). Adolf Resch, designer and Johann Schwerdtner, engraver. Meeting of the Saxon Societies at Kronstadt. Dated 1886. SIEBENBURGEN 1538-1690 around Transylvanian coat-of-arms, the entire surrounded by a double ring of detailed portrait medallions of the twenty Counts of Transylvania from 1538 to 1690; ENTWORF.V. AD. RESCH GRAV. V. J. SCHWERDTNER below / KRONSTADT 1886 around civic coat-of-arms, surrounded by sixteen coats-of-arms of other cities. Resch 293. As Struck, proof-like surfaces with lustrous mahogany patina. A monumental specimen of 19th century medallic engraving. ($500)