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Archive from 2019-10-25, 10:00 CET
Lot. No: 201
Bern 1723
Starting Price: 1'100.00 CHF
Description
SWITZERLAND, Kanton Bern. Bern . AR Medal 1723 (53mm, 71.80 g, 12h). Commemorating the Loyalty of Lausanne and the Defeat of Major Abraham Davel. By J. Hug and J. R. Huber. Dated 1723 in Roman numerals . RESPUBLICA BERNENSIS, crowned coat-of-arms / VMBRAM QUIETÆ TENACI ET CORONAM ( [Bern grants] both prize and protection to the peaceful steadfast one (Lausanne) ), civic deity of Lausanne reclining right around oak tree; coat-of-arms to lower left; in two lines in exergue, LAVSANN : FIDES/M·DCC·XXIII/I·HUG·F ( the fidelity of Lausanne ). Haller 754 fast vorzüglich