AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Josef I. Emperor, 1705-1711. AR Medal Klippe (38x38mm, 14.62 g, 12h). Prophetic Visions of the War of Spanish Succession. By G. F. Nürnberger. Dated 7 February 1536 and 1706. EF.

CNG Feature Auction 133
Lot: 782. Estimated: $ 750

World Medals, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

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AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Josef I. Emperor, 1705-1711. AR Medal Klippe (38x38mm, 14.62 g, 12h). Prophetic Visions of the War of Spanish Succession. By G. F. Nürnberger. Dated 7 February 1536 and 1706. Two armored figures fighting in the clouds; REGNABO (I will reign) inscribed over the upper figure’s shield; REGNAVI, (I reigned) inscribed over the lower figure’s shield; four people watching the fight from below; D. 7 FEBR. / 1536 / RE/GNABO./ CAROLVS/ III . REX HISPA/NIAE./ MDCCVI/ MDXXXVI/ over crossed palm fronds, below, CLX and, inverted, RE/GNAVI/ ANIO V/ MDCCVI. Van Loon (new ed.) 1706.8. Iridescent toning, hairlines. EF. Rare.

After the death of the Spanish Hapsburg king Charles II in 1700, the French Bourbon dynasty sought to press their own claim and install Philip V. According to Charles’ will, Philip of Anjou, grandson of Maria Theresia and Louis XIV of France, was to become king of Spain. However, the Austrian Habsburgs did not recognize Philip’s claim to the throne. In the ensuing military conflict between Austria and France, Spain lost the Southern Netherlands to Austria. The obverse of this medal refers to a vision that was recorded by Conrad Lycosthenes in his Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, a collection of omens and predictions published in Basel in 1557. The account of the vision, which occurred on 7 February 1536, describes two armored figures fighting in the sky, each holding a shield, one inscribed REGNABO (“I will reign”), and the other inscribed REGNAVI (“I reigned”). On this medal, the upper figure is holding a shield decorated with a double eagle, while the lower figure, holding a shield inscribed with a sun, lies prostrate below him. The upper figure represents the Hapsburgs and the Holy Roman Empire in its victory over France’s Sun King, Louis XIV. The reverse records the name of Spain’s new ruler, Charles III (later Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI). According to the legend on the medal, Charles assumes power over Spain 170 years after the vision recorded in Lycosthenes’ chronicles.

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CNG Feature Auction 133 – Session Three – Lot 595-896 will be held Wednesday morning, 16 September 2026 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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