1083610 | GERMAN STATES. Saxony-Albertine. Johann Friedrich I. (Duke of Saxony, 1532-1547). 1535-Dated Cast Silvered AE Medal. NGC Genuine. By Hans Reinhart the Elder. 63mm. IOANNIS FRIDERICVS ELECTOR DVX SAXONIE FIERI FECIT ETATIS SVAE 32. Half-length bust to right with shouldered sword / SPES MEA IN DEO EST ANNO NOSTRI SALVATORIS M D XXX V. Triple-helmeted and decorated eleven-field coat of arms. Merseburger 540; Habich 1935; Tentzel 7, 1.

The NGC insert indicates the composition of this cast medal as "AR/AE"

Housed in an oversized holder.


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From the workshop of Hans Reinhart the Elder (c.1500/10–1581), after a woodcut portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, dated 1533, now in the Landesmuseum Gotha. Reinhart was a German goldsmith and medallist worked for the Court of Saxony in Dresden. His medals, mainly produced between 1535 and 1545, were signed with his initials "hr". He cast his medals from wooden models and not, as was usual in goldsmith work, from stone models. His work as medallist is not extensive; Habich lists fewer than 50 medals.