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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 324301, member: 6370&quot;]This medal is part of a series of religious medals issued my various different cities and makers in Germany around 1545 - 1568. There are issues with Abraham and Isaak, christ rising and on the cross, etc.... This one Depicts, as someone guessed, Jonas and the whale. Here he is depicted with his leg in the whales mouth, there are others that show him half way in. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The other side depicts Christ&#039;s resurrection, I know it doesnt quite look like it but it IS what it is supposed to be. The medal is listed in German as Depicting &#039;Christi Auferstehung&#039; meaning Christ&#039;s Resurrection. The center figure coming out of the box is Christ, the others are sleeping and waking guards I think.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The medal should be 38mm and be roughly 19,45g</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is an issue from the city of Joachimsthal and is by (or in the style of) the medalist Nickel Milicz. This town used to be a part of Germany but is now in Bohemia in the Czech Republic.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have seen them sell from 300 to 400 USD, more or less depending on condition of course. Yours looks to be of a variety I have never seen, the side with christ is as I have always seen it, the side with Jonas is a quite a bit different in layout.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I will not comment as to whether I think this is an authentic medal...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>here is one that is know to be authentic beyond doubt and sold for roughly 550 USD:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/coins/jonas.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Like I said there are others from other cities and other medalists such as the acclaimed master goldsmith Hieronymus Magdeburger for the city of Erzgebirge, it is much nicer of course and this one sold for about 4,000 USD</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/coins/jonas2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>and another early issue that sold for 1,110 USD issued by Böhmen, Mähren und Erzgebirge in 1537 from the school of the Concz Welcz.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/meister/05/01121q00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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