WHM 36
- WHM 36
- Modern
- Medal
- July 1774 AD
- Silver
- Struck
- Circular
- 41.50mm
- Mont 2061; Julius 2750.
- Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut), bought from Gorny & Mosch, 197, lot 7070 (Collection Mehmet Ede and Hüla Ede-Uçta).
- 2011-03-11
- Austria. Satirical medal evoking the sad situation of the Ottoman. Empire after the losses (“bloodletting”) of Mustafa III.
PALLESCUNT CORNUA LUNAE, LAME / NTO (on the ground), EX ANIMIS IACET HIC / ABSQVE VALORE / FVROR (in exergue)
The Grand Turk (Mustafa III) seated to left under a crumbling crescent, supported by three servants, while Joseph tied a tourniquet on his arm to bleed him.
IRAM MERUERE TONANTIS, TURC. IN AUGUST.POST / ABRUPT.PACIF. FOCZ/ M. IUL.1774. (in exergue)
Victorious Athena (ancient Europe) points to pyramid ending by crescent, which collapses under lightning storm of clouds.