ITALY, Urbecche & Modigliani (counties). Giovanni Antonio de’ Conti Guidi. 1459-1501. Æ-PB Medal (92mm, 411.5 g, 12h). By an uncertain medallist in the style of Niccolò Fiorentino. Later cast of a circa 1489 original.Electronic Auction 521 World Medals, Bronze Sold For $ 200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Urbecche & Modigliani (counties). Giovanni Antonio de’ Conti Guidi. 1459-1501. Æ-PB Medal (92mm, 411.5 g, 12h). By an uncertain medallist in the style of Niccolò Fiorentino. Later cast of a circa 1489 original. IOHANNES · ANTONINVS · DE · CONTI · GVIDIS · DE · MVTILIANA · VRBE · COMES ·, bust left, wearing biretta / · PROT · · M · , eagle standing facing slightly left, wings spread,head left, atop small tree; coat-of-arms and serpent on trunk; trees in background. Pollard, National Gallery 323, note 4; Hill 978. Gray surfaces. Good VF. |