5.32g. 21mm. XF/XF.
Medalier: Christian Wermuth.
Delzanno (SKM) 228a (Ag). 3500 SEK for XF. R - more than 10 known exemplars in private collections, but rarely found in the trade, R. Delzanno reports that only five specimens have been documented as sold; Hildebrand 149.
Rare.
Obv.: Draped and cuirassed bust of Charles XII of Sweden right, within a decorative frame.
Inscription around:
CAROLVS·XII· D·G·REX·SVEC·
(Charles XII, by the Grace of God, King of Sweden).
Rev.: Sleeping lion lying to right.
Inscription around:
il dort après tant des fatigues
(He sleeps after so many labors).
In exergue:
à Bender l’an / 1709·
(At Bender in the year 1709).
This medal was struck to commemorate King Karl XII’s prolonged stay in Ottoman Bender following the Swedish defeat at Poltava. The peaceful image of the sleeping lion symbolically reflects the king's forced political inactivity while in exile. Created by Christian Wermuth, this delicately composed piece remains one of the most poetic and sought-after medals of the post-Poltava period.
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