Netherlandish, Jacques Jonghelinck, Marie Eleonore of Cleves, lead uniface medal, 1566, MARIA LEONORA DVCISSA AET XVI, bust right, aged 16, with 1566 incised on truncation, rev., with incuse impression of obverse, 64.7mm (Smolderen 52; Armand III, 278, D), pierced, dark toned, very fine and very rare Marie Eleonore of Cleves (1550-1608) was the niece of Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII, and the maternal granddaughter of the emperor Ferdinand I. She was married to Albert Frederick Duke of Prussia in 1573.

Estimate: 300-400