HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale

Germany > Bavaria: double-struck silver homage medal commemorating Albrecht (Albert) III der Fromme, Duke of Bavaria-Munich, by Franz Andreas Schega (1711-1787), circa. 1766-70; not maker marked; size: 39.5mm; weight: 28.85g. On obverse right-facing portrait of Albert with legend "ALBERTUS III • BOIOR • DUX •". On reverse 9-line legend in Latin, highlighting Albrecht's (1438-1460) accomplishments, among them the expulsion of the Jews from Upper Bavaria (in 1445): "NAT•1396• | DETRECTATO | BOHEMIAE SOLIO | IUDAEIS & PRAEDONIBUS | DUCATU PULSIS | TRANQUILLITATIS | PUBLICAE | CUSTOS | + •1460•" - ["Born 1396 | Declined the Seat of Bohemia | Drove Out the Jews & Pirates [a reference to the "Robber Barons"?] | Gave the Duchy of Bavaria-Ingolstadt [to Henry XVI of Bavaria-Landshut] | Tranquil Public Guardian | [Died] 1460". Reverse is double-struck. In BU: some surficial tarnish marks but with superb luster and shine - a stunning piece; ref: Forrer, vol. 5, p. 377.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $374. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid level passes the midway mark between the starting bid price and the initial buyout price. In such cases please check the latest buyout price on our homesite or contact us.
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Product Tags: German, Bavarian Exonumia, Medals, Medallions & Tokens, Anti-Semitic & Satirical Medals and Judaic Tokens & Medals from Germany, Bavaria and from 18th Century, which are Minting/Production Error, Object Related Specifically to a Personality or Key Event,