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CNG 87, Lot: 2216. Estimate $300.
Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SWITZERLAND, Kanton Bern. Bern. AR Medal (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; Wunderly 1327. Near EF, toned, a few marks.