Medal - Venice - Francesco Morosini Victory over the Turks

€101,296.00
LocationVenice, Republic of
Year1687
TypeCommemorative medals
CompositionSilver
Weight32.4 g
Diameter42 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
Technique
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgeSmooth
Period
NoticeGeorg Hautsch
Reference(s) Voltolina#1057
Obverse descriptionTwo angels blowing trumpets and holding a wreath over the centralized, oval cartouche of Doge Francesco Morosini and the similarly styled portraits of the governor of Dalmatia, Girolamo Corner and General Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck.
Obverse letteringTERROR TURCARUM · F.MOROS · VEN · ET DVX · HIER . COR NARO . DAT M . GVB O.W.C.KONIG SM. G EN.MAR· GH·
Obverse script
Reverse descriptionSix oval cartouches, surrounded by intertwined laurel wreaths and olive branches that display the captured fortresses of Mistra, Castelnovo, Castel Tornese, Athens, Corinth, Patras, and Lepanto with the date 1687 below
Reverse letteringI. EPANTO PATRASSO CAST·TORNESE CORINTHO. MISITRA STARTA CAST. NOVO. 16 87 · ATHEN.
Reverse script
EngraverNuremberg, Germany
Mintage1687  - -
Catalog ID5657596210
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