424, Lot: 656. Estimate $500. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Venezia (Venice). temp. Cristoforo Moro. 1462-1471. Cast Æ Medal (90mm, 190.85 g, 12h). Attributed to Giovanni Boldù (
fl. 1454-1475). Dated 1466 (
in Roman numerals). ANTONIVS PIVS AVGVSTVS, laureate and draped youthful bust of Caracalla left / IO SON FINЄ, young male seated right on tree stump in attitude of weeping; to right, small Genius seated facing slightly right, head slightly left, leaning on skull and holding torch; in exergue, date within incuse square. Kress 143; Hill pl. 80, 423; Pollard 164. Good VF, scattered marks, two casting flaws. Attractive large medal.
Ex Michael Hall Collection (Baldwin’s 64, 4 May 2010), lot 69 (hammered ₤620).