1549 BOHEMIA JOACHIMSTHAL THE FALL AND EXPULSION OF ADAM & EVE CAST SILVER MEDAL

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1549 BOHEMIA JOACHIMSTHAL "THE FALL AND EXPULSION OF ADAM & EVE" CAST SILVER MEDAL
Katz-355; cf. Donebauer-4074. Diameter: 58mm. Weight: 43.20 gms. By the school of N. Milicz. Obverse: DIXIT DOMINVS ECCE ADAM QVASI VNVS EX NOBIS FACTVS EST SCIENS BONVM ET MALVM GEN III (
The Lord said, behold Adam has become just like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil
, --Genesis 3), Adam and Eve, trying to hide their nakedness, standing together left of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; Adam holds the forbidden fruit; to the right, God standing left, reprimanding them; animals and the rest of the Garden of Eden in background; Reverse: ET DOMINVS EIECIT ADAM EX PARADISO ET COLLOCAVIT ANTE PARADISVM CHERVBIM ET GE III (
and the Lord cast out Adam from Paradise and stationed a Cherubim before it
, --Genesis 3), Adam and Eve, trying to hide their nakedness, being driven left out from the Garden of Eden by a Cherub brandishing sword; tree, animals, and the rest of the Garden of Eden in background. Deep gunmetal gray surfaces, with some typical light chasing in the fields and only light rub on the highest points. An exceptional religious type, conveying the familiar story of Genesis in which Adam and Eve suffer the wrath of God after partaking of the forbidden fruit. Quite
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this attractive and pleasing. A slightly later issue on a somewhat heavier planchet than usual.