Bankportugaløser / 10 Ducats 1675, Hamburg. 34.75 g.
Obverse: A TE FUNDATAM DEUS URBEM PROTEGE DEXTRA, view of the city of Hamburg from across the river Elbe, shipping in the foreground, the radiant 'jehova' in clouds above, with an arm issuing from clouds and holding the shield of the city, hamburg in a cartouche below.
Reverse: HIS URBES QVATUOR VOLU (A O) ERUNT CRESCERE PRISCI, CURA & PRETIO, I R (Johann Reteke, medalist in Hamburg 1664-1720), allegorical female figure reclining on a pedestal, holding a stem of flowers in her right hand and a book in her left, a flame from a small urn at her feet, on the pedestal the four shields of the cities of, above, Venice, to left and right, Amsterdam and Hamburg, and below, Nurnberg, all within a wreath, to left a pair of doves on caskets, and a ship in the distance, to right a sheaf of wheat, beside the Hamburg shield the initials A P for Andreas Petersen (the senior merchant citizen of the Hamburg Specie-Bank). MDCLXXV in exergue. Minor bump 7 o'clock obverse.
Magnificent large late 17th century piece of medallic art and history in gold.
Land:
German States, Hamburg
Proveniens:
Ex. Spink 344, 13.01.2019, lot 41
