GERMANY. Cast Æ Medal (36mm, 12.35 g). Early Satirical Anti-Catholic issue. By an uncertain medallist. Dated 1543 (in Roman numerals).

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GERMANY. Cast Æ Medal (36mm, 12.35 g). Early Satirical Anti-Catholic issue. By an uncertain medallist. Dated 1543 (in Roman numerals). *FALSCHE * LERE * GILT * NICHT * MEHR * MDXLIII, seated figure of a bishop right, holding chalice, inverting to seated figure of a nun right, holding book and candle / * DES * BAPST * GEBOT * IST * WIDER * GOT * M * DXLIII, head of a cardinal right, wearing flat cap, inverting to head of a jester left, wearing jester’s cap. Mitchiner, Jetons 3014. Brown surfaces, some roughness. Near VF. An original cast of the earliest of this popular satirical series.


Closing Date and Time: 3 August 2022 at 13:24:40 ET.

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