Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 2207. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Medals] GERMANY. Theodosius III, by Christian Wermuth and studio. fl. 1686-1739. AR Medal (32mm, 14.67 gm, 1h). Helmeted and cuirassed bust right; C.PR. CÆS on truncation / Seventeen line biography; C.W below. Edge: PATIENTIA REMEDIA MALORUM. Good VF, old collection toning. Original strike. ($300)

Christian Wermuth's huge portrait series of Roman and Byzantine emperors was continued by his students (some of these medals signed C PR CÆSAR) and eventually totaled 214 pieces. Usually seen in bronze and white metal, silver examples are rare.