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36,53 g
50,00 mm
1731, Austria, Charles VI. Vienna Academy of Fine Arts Award Medal. Uniface Trial Strike.
Mint Year: 1731 Medallist: Benedict Richter (R) Denomination: Award Medal - Vienna Academy of Fine Arts (Preismedaille der Wiener Akademie). Condition: Minor mint-made planchet split at 1 o'clock, subtile purple toning in fields, light deposits and contact-marks, otherwise UNCiruclated with prooflike appearance! Reference: Katalog der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Medaillen-Stempel-Sammlung (Joseph Aneth) 173, Wiener Münzkabinett, 1447bβ var. (here the same obverse portrait and signature, there struck in gold!), Weight: 36.53gm Diameter: 50mm
Obverse: Wreathed bust of Emperor Charles VI right. Medallist´s signature (R) below. Legend: IMP . CAES . CAROLVS VI . P . FEL . AVG . PATER ARTIVM .
Reverse: Blank (apparently the used blank die was cracked, another evidence of a trial strike).