Great grandfathers of Charles V
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![]() Cast medal attributed to Bertoldo di Giavanni. Ø 56 mm, 64 g. Domanig (1896) 1; Hill (1930) 912; Scher (1994) 40; Winter 13/1. Specimen exhibited in the Coin Cabinet, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ![]() Obv.: FREdERIGVS TERCIVS - ROMANORVM IMPERATOR SEMPER / AVGVSTVS Bust to the left, with hat and coat with fur collar. Rev.: On the bridge (Ponte St. Angelo): on the left Pope Paul II with tiara on horseback and on the right Frederick with a cloak on horseback, both surrounded by cardinals on horseback and soldiers with lances. Inscription on the bridge: CXXII EqVITES - CREΛviT KΛLEN / DIs IΛNVΛRIis - MCCCCLXIX q = retrograde P "He created 122 knights (equites) on 1 January 1469" Putti hold garlands at the sides, a boat under the bridge arch.
![]() Double ducat 1513, Hall Ø 22 mm, 7,14 g. Winter 18. Eject coin*). Mintmaster Beheim. Die cutter Ulrich Ursentaler. On the transfer of the bones of Frederick III from Wiener Neustadt to the definitive tomb in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, completed in 1513. *) Eject coins were thrown among the people during the celebrations or the procession to the new burial site.
Obv.: ᛫FREDERICIᏪ⚛TERCII᛫RONANORV - Head with clasp crown.
Rev.: Text between sun and arabesque: IMPERART᛫ / ARCHIDVX᛫ /AVSTRIE᛫SE / PVLTVRA᛫A᛫ / ᛫M᛫D᛫X᛫I᛫I᛫I᛫ A portrait of Frederick with the clasp crown served as a model [Egg, p.56]:
Detail of the panel painting of the Habsburg Master c. 1495, copy from the 16th century. ![]() preserved in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer Vienna ![]()
![]() Ducat 1513, Hall. Ø 19 mm, 3,44 g. Egg S.46 & 56; Winter 19. Eject coin. Mintmaster Beheim. Die cutter Ulrich Ursentaler. On the transfer of the bones of Frederick III to the tomb in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. Obv.: FREDERICIᏪ⚛TERCII᛫RO - Head with clasp crown. Rev.: Text between sun and arabesque: IMPERART / ARCHIDVC /AVSTRIE᛫SE / PVLTVRA᛫A᛫ / ᛫M᛫D᛫X᛫I᛫I᛫I᛫
![]() Silver coin 1513, Hall Ø 19 mm, 3,01 g. Domanig 3; Egg p.46 & 57; Winter 20/1. Eject coin. Dies by U. Ursenthaler. On the burial in the mausoleum of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, on 18 October 1513. Obv.: ANNO᛫MDXIII - XVIII᛫OCTO read from the right bottom upwards. Half-length portrait of Frederick III, right, mitre crown with infula. Rev.: FRIDERICI / III᛫RO᛫IMP: / ARCHID᛫AVST / SEPVLTVRA winged head on top, two branches below.
![]() Cast medal 1531, Joachimsthal (Bohemia). Ø 42 mm. Habich II,1 1921; Coll.Lana 555; Katz 151a. Obv.: ·:·DIVI·FRIDRICHVS·3·PAT:ET·MAXIMILIANVS·FILI:IMPER:ROMANI·(+) (+) = Cross + crescent. Staggered bust portraits of Emperor Frederick III with clasp crown and Maximilian I with beret to the right. Rev.: ·NOBILISS:AC·ILLVSTRISS:DOMVS·AVSTRIACAE·INSIGNIA·ANNO·1·5·31 Crowned coat of arms with putti as shield holders. Ref.:
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![]() Medal, n. d. (1474), original bronze cast by Giovanni Candida. Ø 39,5 mm, 25,42 g. Armand I p.40 n.1; Hill 828; Kress 223; Börner 317. Obv.: DVX KAROLVS - BVRGVNDVS - belaboured head, antique design. Rev.: IE LAI EMPRINS / BIEN EN AVIENGNE "Je l'ai emprins, bien en aviengne" "I have dared / May good come of it", the motto of Charles the Bold. In the centre a ram; to the left and right of it a fire steel, in it incus AVREVM (left) and VELLVS (right) "Golden Fleece"; all surrounded by sparks of fire and framed in a laurel wreath. More about the Order of the Golden Fleece on coins and medals |