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Lot 118 Dα

A Prussian silver rubel beaker commemorating the Battle of Zorndorf

Auction 1169 - overview Berlin
24.04.2021, 11:00 - Prussian Sale
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.000 €
Result: 5.625 € (incl. premium)

A Prussian silver rubel beaker commemorating the Battle of Zorndorf

Parcel gilt silver beaker formed from a rubel coin, the outer surface with a rhyming engraved inscription “Von Rubel hat man mich gemacht, Zum Denckmahl Zorndorffs blutiger Schlacht / Zorndorff den 25. Aug. 1758 Vivat Fridrich II Koenig in Preussen”. The base inset with a quarter rubel bearing a portrait of Catherine the Great. Marken: Preußischer Steuerstempel von 1809, ansonsten ungemarkt. H 3,3 cm, Weight 26 g.
Unmarked save for a Prussian tax stamp from 1809, Prussia, c. 1758.