103248 | GERMANY. New Century silver Medal.

103248  |  GERMANY. New Century silver Medal. Issued 1900 (38mm, 25.42 g, 12h). By Constantin Starck for Otto Oertel in Berlin.

 

Facing sphinx // ZUR / JAHR- / HUN- / DERTS – WENDE, Hora, in sheer, full-length drapery, standing slightly left, extinguishing one torch and holding another upright. Edge: 990.

 

Strothotte 1900-3; Marienburg 7159; Heidemann 855; GPH 5082. PCGS SP-62 Matte. Gunmetal gray surfaces, with an excellent two-toned nature and matte aspect.

 

Offering great Neoclassical artistry, this piece was created for the dawn of the 20th century, seemingly featuring a mythological allegory for the passage of time, Hora. Here, she is depicted in a very sheer drapery, her apparent nakedness revealing the exploits of the previous century, yet her clothing at least obfuscating the events of the new century.

 

Upload: 5 January 2026.