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9 October 2017

Portrait medal of Charles V obverse (1521), Albrecht Dürer and Hans Krafft the Elder. Morton & Eden, £258,750

Portrait medal of Charles V obverse (1521), Albrecht Dürer and Hans Krafft the Elder. Morton & Eden, £258,750

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