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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 4139327, member: 10461&quot;]I once had this... umm... whatever it was.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was some kind of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huldrych_Zwingli" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huldrych_Zwingli" rel="nofollow">Zvingli</a> medal.&nbsp; Looked 18th century to me.&nbsp; Another of these Reformation-themed pieces, I would presume.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were traces of bright luster in the protected areas around the portrait and lettering (which naturally did not show in my scans).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/ZvingliMedal.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/ZvingliMedal-obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe pewter, but maybe it was tin, now that I think about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, the chronogram...</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see... there&#039;s M...I... VLD...ICV... VI...LI.</p><p><br /></p><p>Under the portrait, there seems to be: &quot;ÆT 48 AN 1531&quot;, so I suppose that means Zvingli was 48 years old in 1531?</p><p><br /></p><p>I sold this piece on eBay later.&nbsp; A person in Germany won it.&nbsp; Then I couldn&#039;t find it and had to issue a refund.&nbsp; He was not happy and left me a harshly worded neutral in German.&nbsp; Years later, it has still never turned back up.&nbsp; I wonder if some day I will open a box or drawer and find it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chronograms make my head hurt.&nbsp; That&#039;s probably why I lost this piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, <i>that&#039;s</i> my excuse.&nbsp; It had nothing to do with desk clutter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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