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Todas las subastas / Monedas y billetes / Germany, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1704-1714), AR
Germany, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1704-1714), AR Medal, c.1701, by Heinrich Paul Groskurt, ANTONIVS . VLRICVS . D . G . DVX . BR . ET . LVN :, cuirassed bust right, wearing the breast star of the Danish Order of the Elephant, rev. * DURABO * [I WILL PERSEVERE], three-mastered ship in a harbour, 59mm, 82.06g (Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum 671/7; cf. Brockmann 259; Leschhorn 70), general bagmarking and some bruising to edge, otherwise with a pleasing blue cabinet tone, very fine and scarce Provenance Anderson and Garland, 22 July 2025, lot 266 Anthony Ulrich (1633-1714) was born into one of the oldest and most distinguished Princely houses of the Holy Roman Empire, the House of Welf. For nearly 40 years, he governed (along with his elder brother Rudolf August) in a co-regency that was unusual even by the standards of the fractured German princely landscape - a partnership that endured until Rudolf's death in 1704, that allows Anthony Ulrich to reign alone for the final decade of his life. By the time this medal was struck in around 1701, Ulrich was already somewhat of an elder statesman of German politics, a survivor of the endless realignments of alliance and enmity that characterised the age of King Louis XIV. His modest duchy actually occupied a strategically important position in Lower Saxony, and he proved himself to be an adept diplomat and dynast, arranging marriages that would tie Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel into the great ruling houses of Europe (most famously securing his granddaughter Elisabeth Christine's marriage to the future Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI). This makes Ulrich the great-grandfather of Maria Theresa. He was equally known as a man of culture and taste. He wrote novels, founded the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum's collections, and built the great Wolfenbüttel library. This dual identity, soldier-diplomat and philosopher-prince, was very much the model of the Baroque ruler. This medal was engraved by Heinrich Paul Groskurt, one of the principal medallists working for the Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel court, known for portraiture favouring faithful likenesses over idealised flattery. Ulrich appears firm, albeit weathered, a man unmistakeably in his latter years and experience rather than a youthful, idealised prince. The reverse of this medal has the Latin DURABO at the top, translating as 'I will persevere' or 'I shall endure.' The imagery of the ship could be read as one of a statement of stability in a storm, the vessel that has safely come through rough water. Ulrich, throughout his life, had navigated literal storms of the Baltic and North Sea trade routes, vital to his duchy's finances, but also the figurative storms of imperial politics, shifting alliances, and a somewhat strained co-regency with his brother. This motto and allegorical design read as a summation of a long and hard-won reign - endurance itself being the achievement rather than a single military or political action. Less propaganda and more a piece of personal reflection, this medal is characteristic of the kind of humanist self-fashioning that princes of his generation favoured. It is certainly a very fine example of German Baroque portrait medallic art. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
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MYNT, guld, 25 shilling, Österrike, 1931.
09/27/2026
€519.82
Est.: €442.59
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