Lot 364
Gold Medal with the Tetragrammaton – Wedding Gift – Germany, 18th Century
Gold medal, wedding gift. [Germany, 18th century].
Obverse: pair of hands holding a heart, surmounted by the tetragrammaton, inside a rising sun. Surrounding the sun is a legend in German. Reverse: man and woman shaking hands, surrounded by the legend "Also Wird Gesegnet wer den Herrn Fürchtet" [Thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord" (Psalms 128, 4)].
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 3.4 g.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
