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SWEDEN
1481
Oscar I. Silver 25
Ø
re, 1856-ST. Head right. (KM 684). Original brilliant mint luster. NGC graded MS-63.
$ 200
TURKEY AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
The wars against them and other related medals
References include
Nuri Pere, 1968, Osmanlilarda
Madeni Paralar / Coins of the Ottoman Empire.
Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi, Istanbul.
Edhem Eldem, 2004.
Pride and Privilege – A history of Ottoman Orders, Medals and Decorations.
Ottoman Bank
and Research Archives, Istanbul.
Ayten Denisenko, undated.
Askeri Müze – Osmanli ve Cumhuriyet Dönemi Madalya ve Nisanlar Katalogu.
Askeri
Müze ve Kültür Sitesi Komutanligi, Harbiye – Istanbul.
Dogan Collection, Gorny & Mosch Auktion 172, 15 October 2008
1482
Venice. Alvise I Mocenigo (1570-1577). The Victory of the Naval Battle of Lepanto against the Turks,
1571, Silver Osella, Year II, 35 mm, 9.69g. Doge kneels before St Mark. Rev. Legend in six lines,
MDLXXI
/ ANNO MAGNæ / NAVALIS / VICTORIÆ DEI / GRA CONTRA / TVRCAS.
(CNI VII, 428/239; Paolucci
52, R3). With contemporary gilding, now toned, especially so on the reverse, trace of the removal of a
mount from top edge.
Extremely rare.
Very fine.
$ 2,250
ex Baldwin’s Auction 43, 11 October 2005, lot 3367.
1483
The House of Habsburg. Leopold I, the Hogmouth (1640-1657-1705). Silver ½-Schauthaler, 1664, 34 mm,
10.3g, Commemorating the Battle of St Gotthard. Imperial eagle atop globe, SIC VNITIS NON PAVEO.
Rev. Radiant sun over crescent moon, QVO SVPERIORE POTENTIOR 1664. (Mont 880; Julius 154; cf
Vogl 237 for a Thaler). Choice extremely fine.
$ 900
ex Baldwin’s Auction 51, 25 April 2007, lot 1619.
In 1664, the Grandvizier Köprülü forced Montecuccoli to fight near St Gotthard at the Austrian frontier. The battle was won chiefly
through attacks by 6,000 French troops led by La Feuillade and Coligny and the German troops led by Waldeck. Montecuccoli
failed to exploit the victory.