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Auction: 344 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at Grand Hyatt, NY INC
Lot: 33

Austria, Joseph II, ruling jointly with his mother (1765-80), Marriage to Maria Josepha Antonia of Bavaria, 1765, gold medal to the weight of 3-Ducats, 10.26g, unsigned (by I Widemann), ioseph. ii. r. rex s.a.m. iosepha bav caroli vii. filia, conjoined busts right, he laureate and cuirassed, wearing Collar and Badge of the Golden Fleece, she wearing a coronet, rev. avspicia. felicitates. pvbl:, oval shields of Austria and Bavaria leaning against an altar, Austria standing at left, pointing with a sceptre, Hymen standing at right holding a wreath and a torch, vota secvnda 23. ianua. 1765. in exergue, 29mm.; (Horsky 3138 in silver; Julius 2708; Montenuovo 1940 in silver; Schaum.176; Witt. 2250), brilliant extremely fine, very rare
Widemann produced several dies for the medal to celebrate the marriage of Joseph II to his second wife Maria Josepha of Bavaria, showing the same allegorical scene, but with many minor variations. This example has been beautifully struck from skillfully reworked dies, resulting in a crisp brilliant appearance.

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$4,750