102583 | GERMANY. Martin Luther silver Medal.

102583  |  GERMANY. Martin Luther silver Medal. Issued 1817 for the 300th anniversary of the Reformation (43mm, 34.31 g, 12h). By F. König for the Loos workshop in Berlin.

 

DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER / GEB. D. 10 NOV. 1483 GEST. D. 18 FEBR. 1546, cloaked bust facing, raising finger and pointing with other hand to open Bible // DIE SAAT WIRD AUSGESTREUT UND GOTT GAB DAS GEDEIHEN, Luther standing right, nailing his Ninety-Five Theses upon the doors of Wittenberg Cathedral; in four lines in exergue, DRITTES IUBELFEST / DER REFORMATION / AM 31 OCTOBER / 1817. Edge: Plain.

 

Whiting 580; Brozatus 1200; Sommer A-203. PCGS SP-63. Extremely lustrous and prooflike, with some subtle peripheral toning and great relief on Martin Luther's portrait. The only such example of the type in the PCGS census.

 

An individual celebrated each century on the anniversaries of the Protestant Reformation which he helped to bring about, Martin Luther is the focus of this engaging medal, featuring his facing bust on one side and his monumental act on the other—that of nailing his Ninety-Five Theses to doors of Wittenberg Cathedral in 1517.

 

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