309, Lot: 489. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Maria Theresia. As Queen of Hungary, 1740-1780. Æ Medal (38mm, 12.01 g, 1h). Satirizing the Homage paid to Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate. Dated 1743. Maria Theresia standing left, emptying a chamber pot onto three citizens (representing Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate) kneeling right; from her mouth a banner announces DAS IST DAS VERITABLE UNGARISCH WASSER (“this is the true Hungarian thirst quencher”) / Military and musical implements and instruments arranged into a trophy of arms. Montenuovo 1712. Near EF, yellow-brown surfaces, some peripheral flan flaws.