Very rare wooden checkers medal made in Nuremberg.
Medal signed under the bust of MB, Martin Brunner, medalist from Nuremberg in the years 1659-1725.
Issues of checker medals made of wood found in trade are extremely rare and only a few collections can boast of having them the type offered is known, among others, from the collection of Count Hutten-Czapski.
Obverse: crowned bust of King Jan III Sobieski, in armor and cloak, left
IOANNES III DG REX POLONIARUM
Reverse: scene of the coronation of Augustus II as King of Poland, CORONATUS 15 SEPT / A MDCIIIC in exerque
VIVAT AUGUSTUS II REX POLONIA
Wood, diameter 55 mm, thickness 12 mm, weight 23.16 g
