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SAXONY: AE medal, 1842, PCGS Specimen 64

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Europe Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
SAXONY: AE medal, 1842, PCGS Specimen 64
SOLD
150.00USD+ buyer's premium (30.00)
This item SOLD at 2025 Nov 18 @ 11:06UTC-08:00 : PST/AKDT
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SAXONY: AE medal, 1842, Niggl-1564, Hannig-48, 40mm bronze medal by Krüger for Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; IOA. PETR. ALOYS. PRAENESTINVS /MVSICAE PRINCEPS around portrait three quarters right, N. MDXXVIIII OB. MDCXXXXIIII // MAGNICAT ANIMA MEA DOMINVM around group of young singers, a wonderful specimen quality example! PCGS graded Specimen 64. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1526-1594) was an Italian composer of late Renaissance music. The central representative of the Roman School, with Orlande de Lassus and Tomás Luis de Victoria, Palestrina is considered the leading composer of late 16th-century Europe.Reinhard Krüger or Reinhardt Krüger, also Karl or Carl Reinhard Krüger, born 20 March 1794 in Rochwitz and died 20 February 1879, was a German engraver and medalist.