Issue minted to commemorate the establishment of the Academy in Lviv by Emperor Joseph II in 1784.
Medal designed by Johann Wirth (1753-1811).
Plenty of mint bloom.
Surface hairliness.
Medal from the unique “Collection of Lviv and Galician Medals” of Lech Kokociński, Honorary President of the Polish Numismatic Society.
Obverse: bust of Emperor Joseph II in a wig and laurel wreath, right, below the signature I•N•WIRT•F•
IOSEPHVS•II•AVGVSTVS
Reverse: pedestal with a lyre girded with a laurel wreath, a two-field coat of arms in the center of the pedestal, and an owl at the bottom right
OPTIMAR•ART•LVDIS•-IN GALICIA•CONSTITVT•
Silver, diameter 42 mm, weight 26.26 g
