Elisabeth von Essoe, HORRIBILI ANNIS MCMXIV-XVI
(The Years of Horror, 1914-16), 1916, Cast Iron, 67.5mm, wt.97.4g. UNC
RRR.
A softly executed, but truly Expressionistic, early work of von Essoe.
Obverse: Skeletal head of Death, right, in radiate crown with a serpent coiled around the neck.
Reverse: Standing crowned figure, left, holding sword and shield. Orb at right. Signature in exergue. "Si deus pro nobis, quis contra nos" = "If God is With Us, Who Can Be Against Us"
