175 / 184
1492
The House of Habsburg. The Siege and Liberation of Ofen (Buda), 1686, Silver Medal, 34 mm, 10.6g, by G
Vinck and JohannKittel. Panoramic cityscape, river to the left, legend in two linesEINWEISERGEWINNET
DIE STADT / DER STARCKEN. SPR.W.21,22. Rev.
Legend in eleven lines DURCH / GERECHTE
WAFEN/EROBERT/LEOPOLDDERI /DEN2SEPTEMBER/OFEN/ WELCHES/SOLIMANN
DER II / FÜR CXLV IAHREN / DURCHBETRUG/ GENOMMEN and around, this chronogrammatic,
DER GVTE VND GETREVE GOTT SEI FVR DEN SIG BEI OFEN EWIGLICH GEPREISET.
(Dogan 6182; Mont 994; Julius 273; Friedensburg / Seger 4123). Choice extremely fine.
$ 800
ex Baldwin’s Auction 43, 11 October 2005, lot 3379.
1493
The House of Habsburg. Leopold I, the Hogmouth (1640-1658-1705). Battle of Siklos, 1687, Silver
Medal,43 mm, 32.8g, by G Hautsch and L G Lauer. Laureate bust of Leopold right, wearing the Order
of the Golden Fleece, LEOPOLDUS MAGNUS ROM. IMP. P. P.Rev. Panoramic view of the battlefield,
with Ottoman troops amassed to the right and imperial troops in ordered ranks on the left, CLAUDIUS
TURARUM AD SICKLOS D. 11/2 AUG. M.DC.LXXXVIII in exergue, lettered edge, EIN GROSSER
HERR UND EINE GROSSE THAT DERGLEICHEN NIEMAND SONST GEHÖRET HAT. (Julius
335; Erlanger 2508). Extremely fine.
$ 1,750
ex Gorny & Mosch Auction 148, March 2006, lot 4614.
1494
Nuremberg. The 150
th
Anniversary of the Battle of Mohacs, 1687, and Leopold’s Victories compared with
those of Louis II, Copper-gilt Medal, plain edge, 36 mm, 19.7g, by Georg Hautsch and Lazarus Gottlieb
Lauffer (reverse). Cavalry and infantry action fought by riverside. Rev.
Legend in nine lines, KÖNIG /
LUDWIG DES II / NIEDERLAG BEY MOHATZ / A.1526 D. 29.AUG. / DURCH GOTTES GNAD
/ VON R.K.M. / LEOPOLD / A.1687.D.12.AUG. / GEROCHEN. (Mont 1045; Baldwin’s Auction 41,
lot 1831, silver).
Scarce as a gilt example.
Very fine.
$ 280
ex Baldwin’s Auction 46, 4 May 2006, lot 2333.