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This item SOLD at 2017 May 13 @ 14:16UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Obverse: The body of the deceased king Gustavus Adolphus lying in state on battlefield of Lützen. Above: Two angels carrying the king’s soul to heaven. At the top: The Hebrew word “Jehovah” in a radiant halo. On the sides: Clouds with numerous angels among them. Between the clouds, on the road on which the king’s soul is carried, an inscription: EUGE SERVE FIDELIS (Well Done Faithful Servant). In the background, to the right: Troops leaving a battlefield. Above them, a cupid with a sword and a banner with an inscription: VEL MORTUM FUGIUNT (Even They Flee Death) . Around: GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS MAGNUS DEI GRATIA SUECOR:[um] GOTHOR:[um] ET VANDALOR:[umque] REX AUGUSTUS. (Gustavus Adolphus the Great, by the Grace of God, Revered King of the Swedes, Goths, and Vandals). Exergue: NATUS 9 DEC:[embris] ANNO 1594 GLORIOSE MORTUUS 6 NOU:[embris] AN[n]O 1632. (Born 9 December in the Year 1594, Died Gloriously 6 November in the Year 1632). Reverse: Gustavus in triumphal chariot pulled by three horses tramples Hydra of discord. At the top, to the right, two allegorical figures, Power and Faith, crowning the king’s head with laurels. Above: ET VITA ET MORTE TRIUMPHO. (I Triumph in Both Life and Death). Around: DUX GLORIOS[us] PRINC[eps] PIUS HEROS INVICT[us] VICTOR INCOMPARAB[ilis] TRIUMPH[ator] FELIX & GERM[aniae] LIBERATOR A[nno] 1634. (Glorious Leader, Pious Prince, Invincible Hero, Incomparable Victor, Happily Triumphant and Liberator of Germany in the Year 1634). Signed: SD on the reverse on the chariot’s wheel. (Please note, description taken from Weiss Collection description); by Sebastian DADLER: Sweden , 1634, original in Silver, but this is a later Wm striking, probably 19th century, 76 mm, 83.22 gms, Reference: Wiecek 89; Hildebrand 188; Europese Penningen # 1065; Pollard II, 856/914; BW026. VF, corrosion spot.
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