An impressive medal dedicated to the Prince of Siewierz, Bishop of Cracow, Kajetan Soltyk. A figure with an extraordinary biography, who left a trace in the history of Polish numismatics in the form of Siewierz coins.
Made on the order of Michal Soltyk (1740-1815) at the turn of the 18th/19th century. Reference to the commissioner in the last line of the inscription on the reverse S(umptu) M(ichaelis) S(ołtyk)[at the expense of Michał Sołtyk].
Adam Więcek wrote that: "At the turn of the century, however, a series of 15 medals with likenesses of famous Poles was published here, despite the difficult situation, on the initiative and efforts of Cathedral Dean Michał Sołtyk, a great art lover and collector...."
An item of great rarity, as evidenced by the fact that Emeryk Hutten-Czapski only had a print of it in bronze, to which he gave a very high degree of rarity of R6. To our knowledge, it is currently the only piece in silver, of this typologically and so very rare item.
A beautiful medal in high relief still maintained in the style of 18th century issues.
