GERMANY, Hamburg (Stadt). AR Medal (31.5mm, 12.12 g, 12h). By Christian Wermuth. Manufactured in the 17th century. (rosette) OMNIS DIES OMNIS HORA QUAM NIHIL SUMUS OSTENDIT, Father Time, holding clock, standing to right; to left, skeleton (as Death) advancing left; sun between / DISCO MORI CHRISTO, pelican feeding young; above, banner inscribed NAM CHRISTI MORS MEA VITA EST; above, hand emerging from clouds, holding skul. Brettauer 5018; see https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/09428/urn_nbn_de_hbz_061_1_95426.html (for manuscript rendition of obv.). Near EF, toned.
MACEDON, Amphipolis. Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ (23mm, 7.26 g, 6h). Laureate head right / Artemis standing left, holding torch and branch; to right, shield set on ground. RPC II 339. Fine, brown surfaces.From the Belgica Collection. Ex Pecunem 28 (1 February 2015), lot 234.
GERMANY, Köln (Stadt). CU Membership Medalet (26.5mm, 5.49 g, 9h). Freemasonry issue. Dated 1682. Large drafting compass; below, skull above gauge; date across field / Inscribed Mattheis/Halffer in two lines on blank field. Weiler 1240. VF, brown surfaces.Ex Monasterium 21 (4 December 2006), lot 856 (there listed as a guild token).
MACEDON, Amphipolis. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ (19.5mm, 5.82 g, 6h). Trajan standing left, raising hand and holding parazonium / Artemis Tauropolus right. RPC III 644. VF, brown surfaces, some green, cleaning marks.From the Belgica Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 284 (26 September 2012), lot 2820.
GERMANY, Krefeld (Stadt). Silvered Æ Medal (31mm, 11.01 g, 12h). "Sicher wie Jold" Artist Association issue. Manufactured in the 19th century. DEM VERDIENSTE DIE KRONE · SEIDENSEKTION KREFELD ·, half-length facing bust, wearing cap, smoking pipe, and holding object over shoulder / SICHER WIE JOLD, skull-and-crossbones within laurel wreath. EF, toned, original suspension loop missing.Ex Monasterium 21 (4 December 2006), lot 867 (with original suspension loop still attached).
MACEDON, Amphipolis. Sabina. Augusta, AD 128-136/7. Æ (20mm, 6.97 g, 6h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Artemis standing left, holding torch; to right, shield set on ground. RPC III 656. VF, green and brown surfaces. Rare.From the Belgica Collection. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4 (5 December 2011), lot 89.
GERMANY, Nürnberg (Stadt). AR Rectangular Funerary Medalet (13x12.5mm, 0.86 g, 12h). Manufactured in the 17th century. gedenck an mich (in Fraktur), skull-and-crossbones / ver/giß/mein/nicht in four lines in Fraktur. Good VF, toned. Very rare and unusual.Purchased from Baldwin's, 26 January 2009 for £500.
MACEDON, Amphipolis. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (23mm, 7.62 g, 6h). Laureate head right / Tyche enthroned left, holding phiale and resting arm on throne back. RPC Online 4232. Good VF, attractive dark green and brown patina.From the Belgica Collection.
GERMANY, Preußen. Karl Asmund Rudolphi. 1771-1832. Æ Medal (43mm, 36.86 g, 12h). On His Death, 29 November 1832. By Koenig and Loos. Dually dated 1771 and 1832. (rosette) C. ASMVND. RVDOLPHI M. DR. ET PROF. BEROL. R. BOR. A CONS. SECR. REI MED. ORD. AQ. RVBR. EQ., bust left; NAT. HOLMIAE to left; D. 14 IVL. 1771 to right; KOENIG FEC on truncation of neck; LOOS DIR. below / Ten-line legend, including date of death within floral wreath emerging form eye sockets of skull; above, butterfly flanked by five stars. Storer 3085. EF, brown surfaces, a few minor deposits.Ex Münz Zentrum 145 (3 September 2008), lot 6129.
MACEDON, Amphipolis. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (23mm, 8.73 g, 6h). Laureate head right / Tyche enthroned left, holding phiale and uncertain object. RPC Online 9389. VF, thick dark green and brown patina.From the Belgica Collection.
GERMANY, Kaiserreich. Paul von Hindenburg. 1847-1934. AR Medal (30.5mm, 17.72 g, 12h). By RK. Dated 1914. Head slightly left / WELT KRIEG 1914, eagle, with wings folded, standing left on skull. Edge: 990. Zetzmann 2080. Near EF, lightly toned, numerous light scratches.Ex Leipziger 71 (12 March 2011), lot 218.
MACEDON, Amphipolis. Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ (18mm, 3.99 g, 6h). Bare head right, wearing slight beard / Artemis standing left, holding torch and branch. RPC Online 4236; SNG 193 corr. (attributed to Lucius Verus). Good VF, green and brown patina, some edge deposits.From the Belgica Collection. Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 158 (14 February 2007), lot 168 (there misattributed to Lucius Verus).
GERMANY, Weimarer Republik. 1918-1933. Uniface Cast Iron Plaquette (145x90mm, 239.00 g, 12h). "The Hunt for Happiness". By H. Moshage. Cast by the Lauchhammer Art Foundry. Dated 1927. Individuals running right across portion of globe, attempting to catch the bits that Happiness scatters before them as she, too, flies, standing on a globe; above, skeleton in hat and caftan facing, head left, holding hour glass and scythe; MH monogram to left of globe; hammer within circular border separating date / Blank, but for inventory number (49) and mounting. See Leipziger 73, lot 463 (for another example). EF, toned. An intriguing piece of ironic art.Purchased from Michael Agathe, 8 February 2013.
MACEDON, Amphipolis. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ (25mm, 11.98 g, 6h). Laureate bust right / Tyche seated left, holding phiale. RPC Online 3526. Near VF, brown surfaces, some green, areas of flat strike.From the Belgica Collection. Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 158, 14 February 2007), lot 167.
GERMANY, Deutsches Reich. 1945-1949. Uniface Cast Iron Plaquette (143x88mm, 219.76 g, 12h). "Postwar Reconstruction". By R. Moll. Cast by the Lauchhammer Art Foundry. Dated 1945. Rebuilding scene: workers engaging in construction; above, skeleton right on skeletal horse, holding whip and riding through ruins; hammer within circular border and date to left; MOLL to right / Blank, but for mounting. See Leipziger 73, lot 461 (for another example). EF, light scratch in field.Ex Teutoberger 64 (25 February 2012), lot 3729.
MACEDON, Amphipolis. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ (20mm, 5.18 g, 6h). Laureate head right / Artemis standing left, holding torch and branch. RPC Online 4237. VF, green and brown patina, light smoothing.From the Belgica Collection. Ex Pecunem 27 (4 January 2015), lot 394.
GREAT BRITAIN. Henry V. 1413-1422. Æ Medal (41mm, 36.07 g, 12h). The 'Kings and Queens of England' series. By E. Thomason and J. Marrian (after J. Dassier). Struck circa 1830. HENRICVS · V · D · G · ANG · FR · ET · HIB · REX ·, crowned, laureate, helmeted, and armored bust right / Monument decorated with skull within laurel and palm; NATUS J388/CORONAT · J4I3/MORT · J422 in three lines in exergue. Cf. Eisler 16a (for type); cf. BHM 1437 (for complete set); cf. Eimer 1236 (same). EF, a few marks and edge bumps.
GREAT BRITAIN. Elizabeth Stuart. Oval Cast AR Medal (32x37mm, 14.53 g, 12h). By Christian Maler. QVÆ SIM POST TERGA VIDEBIS, crowned and veiled bust right / SIC NVNC : PVLCHERRIMA QVONDAM, skeleton standing left, resting head and holding hour glass set on block inscribed CVM/PRIVIL :/CÆS :/C.M. in four lines. BDM III:541, 2. Fine, deeply toned, pierced for suspension.Ex Baldwin's Argentum (5 February 2011), lot; Baldwin's 55 (7 May 2008), lot 2668.
MACEDON, Amphipolis. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (25mm, 10.01 g, 1h). Laureate head right / Tyche enthroned left, holding phiale; in exergue, fish left. RPC Online 4245. VF, dusty green patina.From the Belgica Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 243 (27 October 2010), lot 236.
ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Aloysius Gonzaga. 1568-1591. Vermeil Æ Religious Medal (30mm, 11.94 g, 12h). By School of B. Angelica, Milan. Manufactured in the early 20th century. ANGELICVS ALOYSIVS GONZAGA, head left, wearing ornate collar / • VT CARNIS EXPERS SPIRITVS VEL ANGELVS CVM CORPORE, skull; in background, crown and radiate cross, decorated with three lilies; SCVOLA B. ANGELICA/MILANO on left crossbar. See Leipziger 77, lot 488 (for another example). EF, traces of gilding and coppering, a few cleaning marks.Purchased from Michael Agathe.