★ An Extremely Rare Wedding Medal of Joseph II ★

German States, Electorate of Bavaria. Joseph II (1765-1790), Holy Roman Emperor, & Maria Josepha of Bavaria AV Wedding Medallion of 10 Ducats. Struck under Maximillian III, Elector of Bavaria. Munich, 1765. Dies by Anton Franz Widemann. IOSEPH II • R • REX S • A • M • IOSEPHA BAV • CAROLIV II • FILIA, jugate half-length busts of Joseph II, laureate, armoured and wearing the Chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and Maria Josepha right; A•WIDEMAN below bust truncation / AVSPICIA FELICITATIS PVBL., Austria on left, holding wand, and winged Hymen on right, holding wreath and torch, stand either side of a round altar against which lean the heraldic shields of Austria and Bavaria; VOTA SECVNDA MDCCLXV XXIII IAN. in exergue. Witt. 2249; Künker 315, 2018, 7771 = Gorny & Mosch 123, 2003, 3410; Künker 234, 2013, 3523 = Rauch 84, 2009, 2373; Künker 108, 2006, 360. 34.81g, 40mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine; a couple of minor edge knocks and superficial surface marks, but otherwise uncirculated and lightly toned around the devices. Extremely Rare.

From a private German collection.