173 / 184
1487
The House of Habsburg. The Siege and Liberation of Vienna, 1683, Silver Medal,. Plain edge, 43 mm,
36g. Cityscape with buildings and fortifications picked out in great detail. Rev. Legend in ten lines, DIESE
MÜNTZ / ZEIGET DIE Ao. 1683 / 14/4 IUL. VON MAHUMED IV / BELAGERTE STATT
WIEN / WELCHE ABER DURCH GOTT / UND DER KAŸS: POLN: UND / REICHS-VÖLCKER
TAPFER: / KEIT DEN 12/2 SEPT: WIER: / DER DAVON BEFREY: / ET WORDEN. (Mont 916;
Julius 192; Hirsch 55; Würz 7216; Racz 234).
Rare.
Choice very fine.
$ 1,300
ex Baldwin’s Auction 46, 4 May 2006, lot 2322.
1488
Germany / Holy Roman Empire. Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638-1701). Austrian Field
Marshal and Minister of State. The Defence and Relief of Vienna, Silver Medal, 1683, 43 mm, 38.9g, by
Hans Jacob Wolrab. Bewigged bust right, wearing lace collar over armour, ERN.RUDI.COM.À STARR.
SCM.C.B.G.CM.VIENN.COMM. Rev. Turkish prisoner bound with chains, amidst military trophies, legend
in six lines, DER 60 TAGE / LANG DER GRÖSTE (sic) / WUHT AUSHIELTE / MACHT DAS (sic)
DER TURK ZELT / GELD, FELD, STÜCK UND GLÜCK / 16 VERSPIELTE 83. (Dogan 6099; Mont
934; Julius 190; Hirsch 46; BDM VI, 538).
Rare.
Choice very fine.
$ 2,300
ex Baldwin’s Auction 39, 11 October 2004, lot 1980.
Starhemberg served against the Ottomans in Hungary under Montecucculi and in 1680 was made military commander of Vienna.
From July to September 1683, he held the City with a small garrison against a large Ottoman army commanded by the Grand
Vizier Kara Mustafa.
1489
The House of Habsburg. Leopold I, the Hogmouth (1640-1658-1705). The Siege of Vienna and Victories
over the Turks, Silver Medal, 1685, Plain edge, 39 mm, 21.7g, by Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer and Georg
Hautsch (reverse). Infant genii hold medallic bust of Leopold over Vienna cityscape. Rev. Medallic vignettes
of various cities and fortifications. (Dogan 6163; Mont 975; Julius 258; Nuri Pere 11550, cf Baldwin’s
Auction 39, lot 1973). Very fine.
$ 450
ex Islamic Coin Auction 14, 8 July 2008, lot 690.