426, Lot: 630. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Hamburg (Stadt). Cast AR Medal (31.5mm, 12.12 g, 12h). By Christian Wermuth. Contemporary cast. Manufactured in the 17th century. (rosette) OMNIS DIES OMNIS HORA QUAM NIHIL SUMUS OSTENDIT, Father Time, holding clock, standing to right; to left, skeleton (as Death) advancing left; sun between / DISCO MORI CHRISTO, pelican feeding young; above, banner inscribed NAM CHRISTI MORS MEA VITA EST; above, hand emerging from clouds, holding skull. Brettauer 5018; see https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/09428/urn_nbn_de_hbz_061_1_95426.html (for manuscript rendition of obv.). Near EF, toned.

From the HJR Collection.