1086587 | SWISS CANTONS. Basel. (c.1675) ND AR Medal. PCGS MS62. 51mm. Solomon seated on throne, preceded by three elders, all facing solider holding naked infant / City view. SM-1199; Wunderly-2187 .

The Judgement of Solomon.

Housed in an oversized holder.


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The Judgment of Solomon is a story from the Hebrew Bible in which Solomon ruled between two women both claiming to be the mother of a child. Solomon revealed their true feelings and relationship to the child by suggesting the baby be cut in two, each woman to receive half. With this strategy, he was able to discern the non-mother as the woman who entirely approved of this proposal, while the actual mother begged that the sword might be sheathed and the child committed to the care of her rival. [Wikipedia].