Lot 2119

Description

Austria, Francis I and Maria Theresa. large gilt medal, 59mm by P(eter) Keiserwerth (obverse) and I.D.F (reverse), commemorating the establishment of Frontier Forces in Transsylvania, in 1762, obv. cojoined busts of Franz I and Maria Theresa to right, rev. view of frontier walls with reclining female figure resting on a shield, she below a tree with eagle and helmet on branches, in exergue SECVRITAS DACIAE MDCCLXII (1762), Minor surface marks in field, otherwise extremely fine, scarce.

Peter Keiserwerth was a coin engraver at the Vienna mint 1765-1793, and a pupil of M.Donner.