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Medals
Reference:5125 Christoff Tetzel: Nuremburg Councillor, 1528
Bust of Tetzel to right. CRISTOFF . TETZEL . SEIN . ALTERS . XXXX . IAR .
Heraldic insignia. MIT * STETTER * TREU * MDXXVIII.
By Mathes Gebel.
Silver, cast (7.7 grammes). 28 mm.
Condition: Very fine
Notes:
A pleasing, high-relief portrait of Christof Tetzel von Kirchensittenbach (1488-1565), a Nuremburg senator from an old patrician family. A gilt-brass medal of Tetzel is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
References:
Habich I, Part 2, No. 922.