Lot 1029
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Joseph I, 1687 King of Hungary and Bohemia, 1690 Roman-German King, 1705-1711 Emperor.
Medal (100 Ducats) undated (1690), AV 81 mm, 348.18 g.
On his coronation as as King of the Romans. Dies by Martin Brunner, Augsburg, distributor Georg Friedrich Nünberger, Nürnberg. DOMINUM FORMIDABUNT ADVERSARI EIUS ET DABIT IMPERIUM REGI SUO 1 REG CAP 2.10 Armoured bust with plumed helmet and the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece to the right, IOSEPHUS I D G ROM ET HUNG REX beneath. Rev. PONTES IN TERRA ERIT SEMEN EIUS - GENERATIO RECTORUM BENEDICETUR A laurel tree, in the branches of which an oval medallion bearing the laureate, armoured bust of Emperor Leopold I with the Order of the Golden Fleece, surrounded by the legend LEOPOLD MAGN TURCARUM DOMITOR, and the motto IUSTITIA EIUS MANET aboove; surrounded by a wreath with 14 oval medallions bearing the busts of the Roman rulers of the House of Habsburg; engraved on the trunk PS / CXI, to either side the distributor’s initials G F - N, the signature of the medallist BRUNER below. Edge inscription AN REICHS DUCATEN GOLD NETTO HUNDERT DUCATEN IN BANCO (Rosette). Domanig 686; Winter 65a; Goldgiganten II 9, 3.
Extremely rare and one of the heaviest European gold medals,
struck to the weight of 100 Ducats. Small edge bump and
some very minor marks, otherwise virtually Fdc
NGC MS 62+ Top Pop (2188218-001)
Ex Otto Helbing Nachf., München sale 19.7.1933, 1388 (3125.- Reichsmark).
This magnificent medallion commemorating the coronation of the son of Emperor Leopold I, Joseph I, as King of the Romans was likely commissioned by the Imperial court; the dies are preserved in the Vienna Die Collection. They were cut by the Nuremberg medallist Martin Brunner, and the medals were distributed by the Nuremberg mint master Georg Friedrich Brunner.
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Joseph I, 1687 King of Hungary and Bohemia, 1690 Roman-German King, 1705-1711 Emperor. – Medal (100 Ducats) undated (1690), AV 81 mm, 348.18 g. – On his coronation as as King of the Romans. Dies by…
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- Lot #
- 1029
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- Zürich, CH
- Lot Ends
- 18 Nov 2026, 08:00:00
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- 19 Nov 2026, 08:00:00
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