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Auction 36 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
Medal – Twenty Years Since the Death of Sabbatai Zevi
Opening: $700
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
[Satiric?] Zinc medal, minted to note twenty years since the death of the Messiah claimant Sabbatai Zevi, by Christian Wermuth, Germany, 1696.
Obverse: a mountain surrounded by water, with snakes, a lion and other beasts. On the right, a metal craftsman working and lightening coming out of the sky. Inscription (Latin): " STATVS ECCLESIAE PRAESENTIS FLORENTISSIMVS" and " DIES LABORIS. IIIIII PRIORA TEMPORA DAN.11.40". Inscribed on the mountain "MONTES ESAV" (Mount Esav) and on the lower part a citation from the books of Zachariah and Obadiah. Inscription on lower part: "CARDU' ET SPINIS FLORET / PALLURUS AGUTIS./ 1696".
Reverse: Sheep standing on top of a mountain, next to it a dove with an olive branch in its beak with the digit "7" and horns turning downwards. Inscription: "SABBATISMVS POPVLO DEI RELICTVS . HEBR.IV.9 / SABBATVM" (Epistle to the Hebrews, 4,9) and " SABBATVM, MONS ZION / APOC.14. / OBAD.V.17.& 21. / 144000". On the lower part:" ASPICE VENTURO LAETEN / TURUT OMIA SECLO. / 1000". On the rim appears the inscription: "TEMPVS PRAESENS ESAV / FVTVRVM IACOB | 4.ESDR.VI.V.9"..
Diameter: 43 mm. Minor damages.
Obverse: a mountain surrounded by water, with snakes, a lion and other beasts. On the right, a metal craftsman working and lightening coming out of the sky. Inscription (Latin): " STATVS ECCLESIAE PRAESENTIS FLORENTISSIMVS" and " DIES LABORIS. IIIIII PRIORA TEMPORA DAN.11.40". Inscribed on the mountain "MONTES ESAV" (Mount Esav) and on the lower part a citation from the books of Zachariah and Obadiah. Inscription on lower part: "CARDU' ET SPINIS FLORET / PALLURUS AGUTIS./ 1696".
Reverse: Sheep standing on top of a mountain, next to it a dove with an olive branch in its beak with the digit "7" and horns turning downwards. Inscription: "SABBATISMVS POPVLO DEI RELICTVS . HEBR.IV.9 / SABBATVM" (Epistle to the Hebrews, 4,9) and " SABBATVM, MONS ZION / APOC.14. / OBAD.V.17.& 21. / 144000". On the lower part:" ASPICE VENTURO LAETEN / TURUT OMIA SECLO. / 1000". On the rim appears the inscription: "TEMPVS PRAESENS ESAV / FVTVRVM IACOB | 4.ESDR.VI.V.9"..
Diameter: 43 mm. Minor damages.
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