Auction Catalogue

25 November 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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British and World Coins. Tokens and Historical Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 665

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25 November 1998

Hammer Price:
£20

Universal Exposition, Vienna, 1873, a bronze medal by J. Tautenhayn and K. Schwenzer, bust of Franz Joseph right, reverse allegorical scene, 70mm (BDM V, 437 and VI, 37); together with The City of Vienna to Franz Joseph on his Golden Jubilee, 1898, a bronze medal by A. Scharff, bust of Emperor on plinth, female figures exchange wreath and scroll, reverse city view, 60mm (H. 3893; BDM V, 370; cf. BDW 18, 696) [2]. First about extremely fine but spotted, second very fine (£25-35)