Very rare medal by the court medalist of King Stanislaw August - Jan Filip Holzhäusser. Commemorating the poets Adam Naruszewicz and Maciej Sarbiewski (more extensively described in Raczynski's catalog).
Silver, diameter 43.9 mm, weight 41.2 g.
Obverse: Busts of the poets to the right, below them the inscription POETAÆ In the rim: ADAM NARUSZEWICZ N MDCCXXXIII MAT SARBIEWSKI M MD CXL
[Adam Naruszewicz born 1733; Maciej Sarbiewski died 1640].
Reverse: Six-line wreathed inscription: QUO NON / PERTINGET, / COEPTANS, UBI / DESIIT / ILLE! / S[tanislaus] A[ugustus] R[ex] F[ieri] F[ecit] under the wreath date A: MDCCLXXI
[Where the one who starts where this one stood will not reach].