The image on the cover: Karl Ernest of Waldstein (1661–1713), a Bohemian nobleman and a diplomat in the service of Emperor Leopold I. A bronze portrait medal with the image of the biblical Samson (the scene with a lion from the Old Testament). From Beschreibung der Sammlung Böhmischer Münzen und Medailllen des Max Donebauer, II. Abtheilung: Privatmünzen, Prag 1888, tab. LXIII, Nr. 4023.