Extremely impressive medal minted on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Relief of Vienna.
Medal by Józef Tautenhayn, signed under the bust.
Plenty of mint bloom.
Obverse: bust of Jan Sobieski facing right, in armor and ermine cloak, with a crown on his head, signature J.TAUTENHAYN at the bottom left
IOANNES • III • REX • POLONIAE • MAGNVS • DVX • LITHVANIAE • RVSSIAE
Reverse: in a laurel wreath, an inscription in seven lines, in the surround FVLMEN • POLONIAE ✶ LVMEN • EVROPAE ✶ HORROR • ORIENTIS
OB • SOLVTAM • OBSIDIO / VINDOBONAM • FRACTVM / QVE • TVRCARVM • ROBVR / INVICTISSIMO • DVCI / PIO • ANIMO • MEMOR / POSTERITAS / A • MDCCCLXXXIII
Diameter 70 mm, weight 123.78 g
