1687 Medal Voltolina-1057 Ag Victory over the Turks MS(PCGS#531814)
1687 Medal Voltolina-1057 Ag Victory over the Turks MS (PCGS#531814)
February 2021 Collectors Choice Online Auction World Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 73878
- 等级
- AU55
- 价格
- 12,391
- 详细说明
- ITALY. Venice. Doge Francesco Morosini's Victory Over the Turks Silver Medal, 1687. PCGS AU-55 Gold Shield. 42 mm. Voltolina-1057. By G. Hautsch of Nurnberg. An impressive silver medal struck to commemorate the Venetian victories over the Turks in Athens, Castel Tornese, Castelnovo, Corinth, Lepanto, Mistra, and Patras. The obverse features angel-supported cartouches of Morosini as well as his allies General Otto Wilhelm von Konigsmark and Governor Girolamo Corner of Dalmatia. The legend: "TERROR / TURCARUM" to left and right. The reverse displays six oval images of the captured fortresses along with the date 1687 below. Problem free surfaces displaying multi-color iridescence over a base of lustrous pearl gray. Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000. Provenance: From the Collection of Dr. James Eustace Bizzell, II. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.