£700
TWO 16TH/17TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL 'MEMENTO MORI' MEDALS. A small medal with a skeletal figure with a scythe, standing by another in robes holding a clock and sun, within the legend 'Omnis dies omnis hora quam nihil sumus ostendit' (Every hour of every day shows that we are nothing). The reverse with a skull offered on a hand from the clouds above and bird feeding its young by pecking at her breast, beneath 'Disco Mori Christo' (Learn to die in Christ). 3cm. The second in copper with a reclining figure wearing a necklace beside an hour glass and skull, dated 1578. 2.4cm, with collectors tickets. (2).
Slight knocks to the edge, but generally a very nice example. Second with light rubbing, also an attractive example.
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