Paul Bosco Coins and Medals

Inv. 2805. Medal of Charles VI of Austria celebrating the birth of his son and heir Leopold, 13 April 1716, by Philipp Heinrich Müller. Barely fine condition, with a contemporary mount. $295.

Obverse: angels celebrating birth, chronogram, tetragrammaton. Reverse: Zodiac sign of Aries, chronogram.

The child died on 4 November 1716.

Cat. Montenuovo 1448; cat. Julius 978.

 

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             Figure 1 birth medal by Mueller, obverse                                          Figure 2 birth medal by Mueller, reverse

 

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