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282, Lot: 482. Estimate $100.
Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Empire. Franz Josef. 1848-1916. Æ Medal (69mm, 110.63 g, 12h). Commemorating the 32nd Assembly of German Natural Scientists and Physicians in Wien. By C. Radnitzky. Dated 1856 in Roman numerals. VEREINTE KRAFT-DURCH RÖMERGRÖSSE DURCH FROMMEN SINN DURCH MAJESAET MIT/IHR NEUES LEBEN FEST BEGRÜNDET MIT GOTT VERBÜNDET GLANZ UMGEBEN, civic deity seated facing on throne, resting hands upon two shields; garland around; in outer legend, four medallions with busts left of Marcus Aurelius and Heinrich II, and right of Leopold I and Franz Jozef / DER/XXXII VERSAMMLUNG/DEUTSCHER/NATURFORSCHER U : AERTZE/DIE STADT WIEN/MDCCC LV in six lines; half-length bust of many-breasted female below; around, floral scroll containing various images of fauna. Brettauer 2416. EF, brown surfaces.