World Historical Medals
Lot 2180 SESSION 7 (11.30am Wednesday 1st April) World Historical Medals
Estimate $150
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SOLD $220
ITALY, Naples and Sicily, large silver medal, 42mm by A. Widemann, commemorating the marriage of King Ferdinand IV king of the two Sicilies with Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria, obv. bust of Caroline, rev. arms and knot joining the two houses, April 7, 1768. Extremely fine, scarce.
Anton Franz Widemann was Chief engraver at the Vienna mint 1769-1778, who sometimes signed his name as Wideman.
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