Lot 1488
Germany / Holy Roman Empire. Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638-1701). Austrian Field Marshal and Minister of State. The Defence and Relief of. 43 mm, 38.9g, by Hans Jacob Wolrab. Bewigged bust right, wearing lace collar over armour, ERN.RUDI.COM.À STARR.SCM.C.B.G.CM.VIENN.COMM. Rev. Turkish prisoner bound with chains, amidst military trophies, legend in six lines, DER 60 TAGE / LANG DER GRÖSTE (sic) / WUHT AUSHIELTE / MACHT DAS (sic) DER TURK ZELT / GELD, FELD, STÜCK UND GLÜCK / 16 VERSPIELTE 83. (Dogan 6099; Mont 934; Julius 190; Hirsch 46; BDM VI, 538). Rare. Choice very fine. Estimate $2,300UP
Ex Baldwin's Auction 39, 11 October 2004, lot 1980.
Starhemberg served against the Ottomans in Hungary under Montecucculi and in 1680 was made military commander of Vienna. From July to September 1683, he held the City with a small garrison against a large Ottoman army commanded by the Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa.
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