Saxony. Johann I & Johann Friedrich cast silver "John the Baptist Beheaded" Medal 1530-Dated XF Details (Tooled) NGC, Mersb-436. By Hieronymus Magdeburger. IOANNIS ELECTORIS DVCIS SAXONIAE ET FILI / IOANNIS FRIDERICI EFFIGIES MDXXX legends divided by arms of Saxony, Meissen and Thuringia, jugate busts of Elector Johann and Duke Johann Friedrich in cap and robes right / IOANNES STRAFT DEN EBRVC HERODES DRVM MVST ER STERBEN MAR VI Herod's feast in the ballroom above, executioner presenting the head of John the Baptist to Salome and her mother.

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