Live auction - fme_579940 - SWEDEN - KINGDOM OF SWEDEN - FREDERIK Ist Médaille, Benzelius, Erik le Jeune

SWEDEN - KINGDOM OF SWEDEN - FREDERIK Ist Médaille, Benzelius, Erik le Jeune AU

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Estimate :	150 €
Price :	75 €
Maximum bid :	75 €
End of the sale :	26 August 2025 17:51:43
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Médaille, Benzelius, Erik le Jeune

Date: n.d.

Metal : silver

Diameter : 31 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 15,91 g.

Edge : lisse

Coments on the condition:

Jolie patine grise hétérogène. Présence de frottements dans les champs

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient d’une ancienne vente Chaponnière

Obverse

Obverse legend : ER. BENZELIUS EPISC. LINCOP. DESIGN. ARCHIEP. SV..

Obverse description : Buste habillé de profil à droite.

Reverse

Reverse legend : LITERARUM INDEFESSUS CULTOR ET PROMOTOR. // À L’EXERGUE : CONDITOR REG. SOCIET / SCIENT. UPSAL / OBIIT / MDCCXLIII..

Reverse description : Benzelius assis à sa table réfléchissant. Signé : LEA AHLB.

Commentary

Benzelius, Erik le Jeune (1675, † 1743) est archevêque d'Uppsala et évêque de Göteborg et Linköping.
Cette médaille rentre dans la série sur les théologiens, numismates, bibliothécaires suédois de Lea Ahlborn.
Benzelius, Erik the Younger (1675, † 1743) was Archbishop of Uppsala and Bishop of Gothenburg and Linköping. This medal is part of the series on Swedish theologians, numismatists, librarians by Lea Ahlborn.