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AUSTRIA SIEGE OF VIENNA 1683 SILVER NGC MS-62

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AUSTRIA SIEGE OF VIENNA 1683 SILVER NGC MS-62

MONTENUOVO – 919
  Leopold I, 1657-1705.
Silver medal 1683, from M. Mittermaier, for the siege and relief of Vienna. The crowned double-headed eagle lands on a globe on which the city of Vienna can be seen, l. The eye of God shining above, r. crescent moon setting below // 21 lines of writing.
Practical example. Small. Planchet defects, almost uncirculated
This medal is scroll engraved. As the other design of the medal also has the character of a coin, Voglhuber included the piece in his work on Habsburg thalers. The shining eye of God symbolizes victorious Christianity, where the crescent moon represents the defeated Turks.