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Auction: 14005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 472

Sweden, Gustav II Adolph (1611-32), cast and chased silver medal, undated (c.1630), bust in decorated armour three-quarters right, right hand resting on baton, signed LS on right truncation, rev. bust of Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg left, in richly decorated dress with wide lace collar, engraved border, 10.30g, 40mm. (Hild.1, S.241, 312), very fine, very rare

The portrait of Gustav II Adolph is by Lorenz Schilling (c.1575-1637), who engraved coins at numerous mints including Frankfort, Erbach, Hanau, Isenburg and Stolburg (see Forrer V, 384 who gives a date for this medal c.1631). This portrait is also used on a medal commemorating the king's departure from Stockholm in 1630 (Duke of Northumberland collection, lot 190).

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