No Date Medal Wladyslaw III of Varna Bronze MS(PCGS#532397)
No Date Medal Wladyslaw III of Varna Bronze MS (PCGS#532397)
August 2016 ANA World Coins Auction Anaheim, CA
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 22871
- 等级
- AU58
- 价格
- 1,404
- 详细说明
- POLAND. Bronze Medal of King Wladyslaw, Undated (ca.1770). Wladyslaw III (1440-44). PCGS AU-58 Secure Holder. 40 mm. By Johann Philip Holzhauser, Royal Medalist 1764-1792. High-relief armored bust left of the young king who supposedly died leading his troops into battle with the Turks in 1444 at age 20; Reverse: Thirteen-line inscription noting major events of his reign. According to legend, Wladyslaw felt he had declared war on a false pretext and betrayed his treaty with the Ottoman Turks and that the defeat of his army at Varna was a warning message from God. He then supposedly wandered as a pilgrim, seeking forgiveness, which he finally found in Jerusalem where he became a Knight of Saint Catherine. The legend continues that he then traveled to Portugal where King Alfonso V granted him lands in the Madeira Islands, where he spent the rest of his life in anonymity. Choice deep brown mahogany patina. Estimate: $100 - $150. PCGS AU-58 Secure Holder.