GERMANY. Friendship Medal, mid to late 18th century. Ducat (Gold, 22 mm, 3.47 g, 12 h). UNSER LIEB UND TREU SEY WIE DISER ZWEY Eye of God above two clasped hands emerging from clouds; below, altar adorned with two cartouche-like shields inscribed IONAT / DAVID. Rev. VERGIS DEINES FREUNDES NICHT Boy, nude but for a long scarf, writing on the trunk of a palm tree. Dorotheum, 16 November 2016, 426 ( same obverse die ). Attractive and lightly toned. Extremely fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, ex G. Hirsch 160, 23 November 1988, 1626.