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Lots for Auction 39 1963 [1541], Genoa, Andrea Doria (1466-1560), Admiral and Condottiere, Iron Medal, by Leone Leoni, bearded bust of the Admiral right, in armour, a trident behind his head, rev a galley with many oarsmen, a small boat before it, 39mm (Att 5; Arm I, 164, 9; Plon pl.XXIX, 1-2; Kress 431; Bargello 712; Milford Haven 122; Scher, The Proud Republic, 1). An unusual and somewhat later cast, but of good quality and very fine. £300-400 As an admiral of the Holy Roman Empire he commanded several expeditions against the Turks, and captured Corona and Patras and with Charles V, led the siege and capture of Tunis in 1535 (see previous lot). Doria was defeated by the Turks at Preveza in 1538, and he was involved with the Emperor again in 1541, on the ill-fated Algerian expedition. Leone Leoni had been condemned to the galleys for an act of violence against a German goldsmith, only to be released by Doria. He produced the Doria medals in Genoa in 1541, by way of thanks. 1964 [1571], Netherlands/HRE/Italy, Antoine Perrenot, Cardinal Granvelle (1516-1586), The Papal Standard Presented to Don Juan de Austria (1545-1578), Spanish Admiral and General, illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Bronze Medal, by Giovanni V. Melone, bust of the Cardinal left, ANT. S.R.E. PBR. CABD. GRANVELANVS., rev a crowded reception at which Don John kneels before the Cardinal who presents him with the Standard, legend above, IN [HOC] VINCES, 44mm (Att 985; Arm I, 265; Bargello 748; Smolderen, Granvelle, XXV; Clifford 135, obverse). Pierced by D of CARD, very fine. £250-350 Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle who was appointed Bishop of Arras in 1538 and created Cardinal in 1561, was in Naples where he presented the Standard, which had been previously consecrated by Pope Pius V, to Don John, who arrived in the city in August 1571. Don John was at Messina in September and then in command at the famous Battle of Lepanto on the 7th October, where the Ottomans under the command of Ali Pacha were defeated, losing all but 40 of their fleet of 300 ships. The BM specimen (Attwood 985a) is a poor aftercast from a pierced original example. 1965 1664, The House of Hapsburg, Leopold I, the Hogmouth (1640-1658-1705), Medallic Schautaler, Vienna Mint, crowned eagle a-top globe, SIC VINITIS NON PAVEO, rev the HIS monogram radiating over an inverted crescent, QVO SVPERIORE POTENTIOR., 41mm (Mont 879; Sch 2513; Horsky 2049). Nearly extremely fine and very rare. £1500-2000 The coin commemorates the resounding defeat of the Turks at the Abbey of St Gotthard, on the Raab, by Raimondo, Count of Montecucculi (1609-1680). A twenty year truce was to follow. 1966 c.1670, Turkish Sultan Amurath Murad, London Penny token, bust of Amurath to left, rev inscription (Williamson 967). Nearly very fine and cast, as is usual for this type. £120-150 1967 1677, Vatican, Innocent XI, Odescalchi (1611-1676-1689), Piastra or Scudo, Year II [1677], by Giovanni Hamerani, Papal tiara and crossed keys above ornate shield of arms, rev façade of St Peter’s, PORTÆ. INFERI. NON. PRÆVALEBVNT, 44.5mm (Dav 4088; Munt 39). Very fine. £800-1000 The reverse legend is from Matthew, Chapter XVI, verse 18, “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it”, and it refers to the Pope’s incessant endeavors against the Ottoman Empire. He later contributed many millions of Scudi to help the relief of Vienna and he lived to see the capture of Belgrade, 6 September, 1688. 1968 1683, The House of Hapsburg, The Siege of Vienna and the Victories over the Turks, Silver Medal, with chronogrammatic date, aerial panorama of the City and its fortifications, OppVgnata bona est non …, rev cavalry charge a fleeing enemy, cityscape beyond, a rising sun shines on a crescent moon which is being obscured by cloud, lettered edge, CASUS IN OCCASU : PETRE NUNQVAM TURCA, 44mm (Mont 913; Hirsch 9). Very fine and very rare. £1500-1800 1969 1683, The House of Hapsburg, The Siege of Vienna and the Victories over the Turks, small Silver Medalet, by Johann Michael Hoffman and Matthias von Waffenberg Mittermayer, Imperial Eagle, eye above, rev legend and date in eight lines, trophies below, WIENN VON TURKEN BELEGERT …, 28mm (Julius 173; Hirsh 20; BDM II, 514 and IV, 96). Very fine. £150-200 1970 1683, The House of Hapsburg, Leopold I, the Hogmouth (1640-1658-1705), The Siege of Vienna and the Victories over the Turks, hollow Silver Medal, united by a wide (8mm) rim, by Anton Meybusch, laureate bust right, wearing armour and Badge of the Golden Fleece, rev the Austrian cavalry charge against the Turks, panorama of Vienna beyond, with Fame flying above, URBEM. SERVASTIS. ET ORBEM., 63mm (Julius 181; Hirsch 35; Horsky 2062). An attractive and unusual item, the medallic images a little scuffed, very fine and rare. £250-300 1971 1683, The House of Hapsburg, The Siege of Vienna and the Victories over the Turks, hollow Silver Box Medal, the lid inset with a silver cliché of the reverse of the medal by Anton Meybusch, as in the previous lot, the Austrian cavalry charge against the Turks, panorama of Vienna beyond, with Fame flying above, URBEM. SERVASTIS. ET ORBEM., 60mm, the shallow (8mm) box otherwise plain and with slightly convex base (Julius 181; Hirsch 35; Horsky 2062). The cliché well struck, some tooling to the sky, good very fine and rare. £350-400 1972 1683, The House of Hapsburg, The Siege of Vienna and the Victories over the Turks, Silver Medalet, by Johann Kittel, the army encamped before a cityscape, DASIST GOTTESFINGER, rev legend in eleven lines, DER TÜCKISHE HOCHMUHT …, 31mm (Mont 898; Würz 9301). Has been mounted, very fine. £120-150 1973 1686, The House of Hapsburg, Leopold I, the Hogmouth (1640-1658-1705), The Siege of Vienna and the Victories over the Turks, Copper Medal, by Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer and Georg Haustch [reverse], infant genii hold medallic bust of Leopold over Vienna cityscape, rev medallic vignettes of various cities and fortifications, plain edge, 40mm (Mont 975; Julius 258; Horsky 2103; Ciech 38; Serenissima II, 256-258; ANS [1910] 46; BDM III, 326). Extremely fine. £200-250 1974 1686, The House of Hapsburg, Leopold I, the Hogmouth (1640-1658-1705), The Siege and Liberation of Ofen [Buda], and the Victories over the Turks, Silver Medal, by Georg Hautsch and Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer [reverse], Victory crowns the Emperor whilst the figure of Hungary kneels before him, Religion stands behind, LEOPOLDO VLTORE RESVRGES., rev panorama of the city with burning skyline and cannon balls flying, HOS FORNAX ARDET IN USUS, lettered edge, DURCH LEOPOLD WIRD …, 45mm (Julius 278; Mont 1005; ANA [1910] 60; BCA 37, 1900). Choice extremely fine and very rare. £1200-1400 1975 1686, The House of Hapsburg, Leopold I, the Hogmouth (1640-1658-1705), The Siege and Liberation of Ofen [Buda], and the Victories over the Turks, Silver Medal, by Johann Jacob Wolrab, medallic bust of the Emperor in palm and laurel wreath, city panorama below, INFELIX BUDAM LUDOVICUS …, rev the Emperor in armour, as a classical God, stands before cavalry charge with retreating Turks, the sun (in majesty) shines on an inverted crescent moon, lettered edge, LUNA CADIT. ÆRA. IUVANT. …, 47mm (Julius 284; Mont 1000; Horsky 219; Erl 2929). Good very fine and very rare. £1200-1500 1976 1686, The House of Hapsburg, The Siege and Liberation of Ofen [Buda], and the Victories over the Turks, Silver Medal, by Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer, cavalry charge down the Ottoman cannon, a Fame flies over a cityscape beyond, rev legend in eleven lines, OFEN. A. 1526. VON SOLYMAN EROBERT / U: …, diagonally milled edge, 29.5mm (Mont 1009). Extremely fine. £250-300 1977 [1686], Lombardy, Charles V (Léopold-Nicolas-Sixte), Duke of Lorraine (1643-1675-1690), The Expulsion of the Turks from Hungary, Bronze Medal, by Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain (1658-1738), bust of the Duke right, hair long and falling over his shoulder, wearing armour and the Collar and Badge of the Golden Fleece, rev the German eagle ‘fires’ thunderbolts at mosques in the Hungarian Landscape, VIRTVS. GERMANORVM, and in ex., PANN. VINDICATA, 55mm (Beaupré 1, p.24; BDM V, 310). A handsome medal, nearly extremely fine. £200-300 Charles Léopold-Nicolas-Sixte, Duke of Lorraine, was the nephew of Charles IV. He was deprived of the rights of succession to the duchy, and having fled from France he entered the service of the Holy Roman emperor. He was twice a candidate for the Polish crown (1669 and 1674). He took the title of Duke on his uncle’s death in 1675, though France still held Lorraine. He was commander of the Imperialist forces in the third of the Dutch Wars and at Nijmegen (1678), he refused to accept Lorraine on King Louis XIV’s terms. He took part in the defence of Vienna (1683) and in expelling the Ottomans from Hungary. Charles V married (1678) Eleanora Maria, sister of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I. This piece is one of the extensive series of medals of the Dukes of Lorraine. 1978 1687, Venice/HRE, Francesco Morosini (1618-1688-1694), Girolamo Corner (1632-1690), Governor of Dalmatia, Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck (1639-1688), Silver Medal, by Georg Hautsch, three medallic busts supported by cherubic girls, rev panoramas of Athens (centre) with Lepanto, Corinth and others around, lettered edge, GESTA DEI VIRTVTE …, 43mm (Julius 341; Voltina 1057; Serenissima II, 108; SCA 6, 340).
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