John VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Constantinople, 1425-1448. Cast bronze medal , undated (around 1438-1439), Ferrara or Florence. Considered the first ever Renaissance Medal and commemorating the participation of the penultimate Byzantine Emperor at the Council of Ferrara. (Ø 103,8 mm; 300,15 gr.) Bust right, with trim beard and moustache, wearing hat with tall crown and large upturned brim, pointed in front, vest and cloak with falling collar ; hair in long curls // OPVS PISANI PICTORIS. The Emperor on an ambling horse right ; wearing hat as on obverse, holding bow at left, quiver at right side ; raising folded hands as he passes at ride side ; behind him, a page on horseback seen from behind ; in background, rocks ; upper half of design bordered by plain line ending in hooks.

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Suspension hole. Extremely fine and sharp contemporary cast

Armand I, p. 7, n°20 (Ø 104 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 6, n°19 (Ø 103-104 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°1 (Ø 103 mm); Scher (The Currency of Fame) 4.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Collection Dr. Johannes Jantzen, Auction Sternberg XXIX, Zürich (Switzerland) 30 October 1995, lot n°694.

Publication of this specimen in: Johannes Jantzen, Gegossene Medaillen und Plaketten der Renaissance. In Die Bundesbank, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Bundesbank, Frankfurt a.M., volume 26, November 1967, p. 4,5,6.

We have also been able to find this very medal illustrated on a photographic plate, attributed to Jacques-Ernest Bulloz, photographer in Paris. Dated between 1900 and 1930, the plate is now located in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, in the Petit Palais (Museum inventory number: PPPH00610(4))

Leonello d'Este, Marquess of Ferrara, 1441-1450. Cast bronze medal 1444. Commemorating his marriage to Mary of Aragon. (Ø 100,4 mm; 316,72 gr) LEONELLVS MARCHIO ESTENSIS. In two lines across field ; above, GE R AR. Below, D FERRARIE REGII ET MVTINE. Bust left, with short curly hair, wearing rich brocaded dress // OPVS PISANI PICTORIS. On rocky ground, a lion standing right, singing from scroll of music held by nude Cupid left ; in background, tall square pillar on which a mast with inflated sail and M CCCC XLIIII ; in left background, on rocky hill, eagle seen from behind perched on leafless tree.

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Suspension hole. minor traces of black varnish. Very fine contemporary cast

Armand I, p. 3, n°8 (Ø 101 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 10, n°32 (Ø 100-103 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°10 (Ø 103 mm); Scher (The Currency of Fame) 5.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Collection Franz Trau, Auction Brüder Egger, Vienna (Austria) 11 January 1904, lot n°1226.

Collection Eisler, Auction Hermann Ball, Berlin (Germany) 12 Mai 1930, lot n°45.

Collection of Dr Johannes Jantzen, privately purchased form Dr. Peter Volz in 2003.

Publication of this medal: Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund. Deutsche Bronzen des Mittelalters und der Renaissance. Medaillen und Goldschmiedearbeiten. Schloss Cappenberg, 12 April - 17 July 1960. Item n°95.

Sechs Sammler Stellen Aus, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 7 April - 11 June 1961. Item n°196.

Borso d'Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio, 1450-1471. Gilt cast bronze medal 1460, Ferrara. (Ø 96 mm; 303,17 gr) BORSIVS DVX MVTINE Z RGII MARCHIO ESTENSIS RODIGII COMES. Bust left, with long hair, wearing a rich dress with jewel on breast, and cap with fluted crown, edge turned up all around and jewel at side // OPVS PETRECINI DEFLORETIA MCCCCLX. In a rocky landscape, a hexagonal font with open lid, showing a scoop within ; on the sides of the font, incised crosses ; above, the sun with human face shining.

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Suspension hole. Extremely fine contemporary cast with sharp details

Armand I, p. 33, n°1 (Ø 95 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 26, n°96 (Ø 95-97 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°36 (Ø 96 mm).

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Collection John R. Gaines, Auction Morton & Eden 12, London (UK), 21 April 2005, lot n°2.

Auction Leu Numismatik 74, Zurich (Switzerland), 19 October 1998, lot n°720.

Sigismondo Malatesta, 1417-1468. Cast bronze medal 1446. (Ø 80,2 mm; 226,43 gr) SIGISMVNDVS PANDVLFVS MALATESTA PAN F PONTIFICII EXER IMP. Bust left, wearing surcoat over cuirass // Female figure (Fortitude) wearing crown, cuirass, and long tunic, seated to front in a meadow on a seat, sides of which are formed by foreparts of elephants ; holding in both hands a broken column. M CCCC XLVI, below.

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Two suspension holes. Extremely fine contemporary cast

Armand I, p. 20, n°11 (Ø 83 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 41, n°180 (Ø 79-81 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°61 var. (Ø 82 mm).

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Auction Sternberg XIX, Zurich (Switzerland), 18 November 1987, lot n°1196.

Clara Gonzaga, Countess of Montpensier, 1464-1503. Uniface cast bronze medal , undated (around 1481). (Ø 59,6 mm; 49,58 gr.) CLARA DE GONZ COMITI MONTPENSERII ET DELPHINA ALVIE. Bust right, wearing coif, tied under chin, over veil falling to back ; bodice cut square in front over chemise. Truncation hollowed. Pearled border.

Suspension hole. Almost extremely fine contemporary or early cast

Armand II, p. 85, n°5 (Ø 58 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 49, n°200 (Ø 58-60mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°70 (Ø 58 mm).

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Mohammad II (Mehmed II), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1451-1481. Large cast bronze medal 1481. (Ø 120,2 mm; 490,33 gr.) SVLTANI MOHAMMETH OCTHOMANI VGVLI BIZANTII INPERATORIS. Bust left, with moustache, wearing turban and cape // MOHAMETH ASIE ET GRETIE INPERATORIS YMAGO EQVESTRIS IN EXERCITVS. The Sultan, in turban and robes, scimitar at side, baton in right, riding left on horseback ; in background, rocky landscape with two leafless trees and castle in distance ; below, on the ground OPVS CONSTANTII.

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Suspension hole. Extremely fine contemporary or early cast

Armand I, p. 78, n°1 (Ø 121 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 80, n°322 (Ø 120 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) -.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

From the estate of the French noble family de Roquemaurel, Auction Maison Richard, Villefranche-sur-Saône (France), 15th December 2020, lot n°1.

Lodovico Carbone of Ferrara, poet, 1430-1485. Cast bronze medal , undated (around 1464). (Ø 69,2 mm; 127,75 gr) CANDIDIOR PVRA CARBO POETA NIVE. Bust left, hair to nape of neck, wearing tall soft cap and grown // HANC TIBI CALLIOPE SERVAT LODOVICE CORONAM. Carbone, wearing cap as on obverse, and grown with long hanging sleeves, girt at waist, standing right, receiving a wreath from Calliope, who, nude to waist, is seated facing him on a cippus ; in background, a fountain with reservoir on a column from which two jets descent to a basin. In field to left: OPVS SPERANDEI.

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Suspension hole. Extremely fine contemporary cast

Armand I, p. 66, n°13 (Ø 72 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 92, n°359 (Ø 69-72 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°114 (Ø 70 mm).

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Auction Adolf E. Cahn 59, Francfort (Germany), 14 March 1928, lot n°2188.

Collection Dr Johannes Jantzen, Auction Sternberg XXIX, Zurich (Switzerland), 30 October 1995, lot n°696.

Pietro Balanzano, late 15th century. Cast bronze medal , undated. (Ø 59 mm; 75,76 gr) PETRO BALANZANO. Bust left, elderly, wearing round cap and robe // NVLA EST REDENCIO. A human skull left.

Very fine old cast in high relief

Armand II, p. 128, n°3 (Ø 60 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 126, n°477 (Ø 60-61 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) -.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Altobello Averoldo of Brescia, Bishop of Pola, 1497-1532. Cast bronze medal , undated (around 1517-1521). (Ø 94,2 mm; 287,50 gr) ALTOBELLVS AVEROLDVS BRIXIEN POLEN EPS VEN LEGTS APOST. Bust right, wearing berretta and rochet // VERATI D, in exergue. Truth, as a nude female figure, struggling with two nude men trying to cover her with a veil, to a corner of which she clings with her right hand.

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Suspension hole. Extremely fine contemporary cast

Armand II, p. 104, n°12 (Ø 94 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 128, n°486 (Ø 92-94 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°161 (Ø 93 mm); Scher (The Currency of Fame) 30.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Auction Spink & Sons 8004, London (UK), 24 January 2008, lot n°109.

Bonifacio IV Paleologo di Monferrato, 1512-1530. Uniface cast lead medal , undated. (Ø 112,7 mm; 303,14 gr) VITIORVM DOMITOR. Hercules, nude, scourging Vice, a nude female figure, crouching on ground, holding purse in right, placing her right over her head ; Hercules seizing her by the hair, placing his left foot on the head, and wielding two-thonged scourge in right. His club behind him. In field right: F CAROTI OP. Very rare.

Suspension hole. Very fine contemporary cast

Armand I, p. 123 (Ø 111 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 141, n°549 (Ø 111 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) -.

This scene forms the reverse of the medal for Bonifazio Paleologo di Montferrato (1512-1530).

On the reverse of the medal, concentric circles and hand-engraved inscription at a later stage: Francesco Caroto de Verone, 1470-1546.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Giovanni II Bentivoglio, 1443-1509. Struck bronze medal 1494. (Ø 27,9 mm; 11,55 gr) IOANNES BENTIVOLVS II BONONIENSIS. Bust right, with long hair parted to show the ear, wearing low cap with back-flap turned up ; doublet and coat with open collar. Pointed truncation to bust. Pearled border // MAXIMILIANI IMPERATORIS MVNVS MCCCCLXXXXIIII. Pearled border.

Suspension hole. Very fine old cast

Armand I, p. 104, n°1 (Ø 28 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 155, n°606 (Ø 28-30 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°184 (Ø 28 mm).

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Alessandro Chigi Collection, Auction Christies, Rome (Italy), 30 October 1980, lot n°39.

Francesco degli Alidosi, Cardinal Legate of Bologna and Romagna, 1455-1511. Cast bronze medal , undated (around 1508-1511). (Ø 61 mm; 73,65 gr) FR ALIDOXIVS CAR PAPIEN BON ROMANDIOLAE Q C LEGAT. Bust right, wearing berretta and mozzetta. Pearled border // HIS AVIBVS CVRRVQ CITO DVCERIS AD ASTRA. Jupiter, nude, holding thunderbold in left and uncertain object in right, standing on a car which is drawn right along clouds by a pair of eagles ; below, signs of Pisces and Sagittarius. Pearled border.

Suspension hole. Small scratch on the reverse. Very fine old cast

Armand II, p. 116, n°45 (Ø 62 mm); Armand III, p. 32, E; Hill, Corpus I, p. 156, n°610 (Ø 60-62 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°186 (Ø 59 mm).

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Alfonso V of Aragon, King of Naples, 1442-1458. Cast bronze medal , undated (around 1456). (Ø 74,6 mm; 172 gr) ALFONSVS REX REGIBVS IMPERANS ET BELLORVM VICTOR. Bust right resting on a crown, wearing rich cuirass decorated with two winged figures holding a medallion, a groupe of centaur carrying a nymph, and a Medusa head ; mantle over shoulders. Pearled border // VICTOREM REGNI MARS ET BELLONA CORONANT. Alfonso crowned by Mars and Bellona : Alfonso wearing antique armour and mantle, seated three-quarters right on cippus decorated with sphinxes ; holding sword upright in right, orb in left. On left, Bellona (as Victory) places a spiked crown on his head ; the crown also held by Mars, nude, wearing helmet, girt with a rope, carrying trophy in left over his shoulder, and moving rapidly to right. On under-slope of exergue: CHRISTOPHORVS HIERIMIA. Pearled border.

Very fine old cast

Armand I, p. 31, n°1 (Ø 75 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 196, n°754 (Ø 74-76 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°210 (Ø 75 mm); Scher (The Currency of Fame) 35.

This medal commemorates the conquest of Naples by Alfondo V of Aragon in 1442.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Giovanni Alvise Toscani, lawyer, orator and Latin poet, ca. 1450-1478. Cast bronze medal , undated (around 1475), Rome. (Ø 42,3 mm; 40,29 gr) IOANNES ALOISIVS TVSCA AVDITOR CAM. Bust left, wearing round cap and close fitting gown. Pearled border // VICTA IAM NVRSIA FATIS AGITVR. Neptune, nude, mantle arched over his head, holding trident in right, dolphin in left, to front in sea-car drawn by two sea-horses ; two dolphins in the waves. Pearled border.

Very fine old cast

Armand II, p. 28, n°13 (Ø 43 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 209, n°811 (Ø 41-43 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°220 (Ø 40 mm).

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Giovanni Alvise Toscani, lawyer, orator and Latin poet, ca. 1450-1478. Cast bronze medal , undated (around 1475), Rome. (Ø 71,3 mm; 123,16 gr) IOHANNES ALOISIVS TVSCANVS ADVOCATVS. Bust left, wearing cap and gown. Pearled border // INCERTVM IVRISCONSVLTVS ORATOR AN POETA PRESTANTIOR, in formal laurel-wreath. Pearled border. Rare.

Two suspension holes. Extremely fine contemporary cast

Armand II, p. 28, n°12 (Ø 71 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 210, n°813 (Ø 70-72 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) -.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Auction Münzen & Medaillen 90, Basel (Switzerland), 14 June 2000, lot n°414.

Giuliano della Rovere, later Pope Julius II, 1443-1513. Cast bronze medal , undated (1483). (Ø 36,1 mm; 26,14 gr) IVL EPISC OSTIEN. Bust left, tonsured, wearing cope with engraved flowered ornament // CARD S P ADVINC. The fortress of Ostia with three fortified towers, on the river. Rare.

Very fine old cast

Armand II, p. 110, n°3 (Ø 34 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 211, n°817 (Ø 35-37 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) -.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Auction Sternberg XXVII, Zurich (Switzerland), 7 November 1994, lot n°657.

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, philosopher, 1463-1494. Cast bronze medal , undated (around 1484-1485). (Ø 85,6 mm; 334,71 gr) IOANNES PICVS MIRANDVLENSIS. Bust right, with long hair, wearing cuirass with winged mask on breast // PVLCHRITVDO AMOR VOLVPTAS. Three Graces, nude; in the middle one, seen from behind, head in profile right ; she embraces the others, who hold ears of corn (on left) and a branch (on right).

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Of the highest rarity. Museum piece.

Suspension hole. Impressive and extremely fine contemporary cast

Armand I, p. 86, n°9 (Ø 85 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 262, n°998B (Ø 84-87 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°277 (Ø 81 mm, late cast).

Provenance: Collection A. M.

The Stack Collection, auction Morton & Eden 41, London (UK), 9 December 2009, lot n°110.

Auction Sothebys, Zurich (Switzerland), 27 May 1974, lot n°48.

Alamanno Rinucci, humanist, 1419-1499. Uniface cast bronze medal 1493. (Ø 86,9 mm; 336,19 gr) ALAMANNVS RINVCCINVS PHILIPPI F. Bust left in close fitting dress. Below 1493.

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Suspension hole. Extremely fine contemporary cast

Armand III, p. 171, n°D (Ø 56 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 264, n°1010a (this specimen); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) -.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

The Late Baron C.A. de Cosson Collection, Auction Sothebys, London (UK), 1951, n°176.

Auction Sternberg XIX, Zurich (Switzerland), 18 November 1987, lot n°1205.

Alessandro de Medici, 1510-1537. Uniface cast bronze medal , undated. (Ø 58,5 mm; 95,63 gr) DVX ALEXANDER MEDICES. Draped bust right, with short curly hair. Very rare.

Suspension hole. Very fine old cast

Armand II, p. 150, n°1 var. (Ø 59 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) -.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Alessandro Chigi Collection, Auction Christies, Rome (Italy), 30 October 1980, n°36.

Girolama Sacrata of Ferrara, 1508-1592. Uniface cast bronze medal , undated (1555). (Ø 69,3 mm; 54,74 gr) HIERONIMA SACRATA M D L V. Bust to right, wearing dress with net chemisette and puffed sleeves.

Suspension hole. Extremely fine old cast

Armand I, p. 206, n°108 (Ø 66 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°330 (Ø 69 mm).

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Auction Otto Helbing Nachf., Munich (Germany), 25 April 1934, n°497.

Camilla Peretta, sister of Pope Sixtus V, died 1591. Cast bronze medal 1590. (Ø 47 mm; 47,65 gr) CAMILLA PERETTA SYXTI V P M SOROR. Bust to right, in veil. Signature D P on truncation // SANTA LVCIA AN D MDLXXXX. Façade of St Lucia at Grottamare.

Extremely fine old cast

Armand I, p. 258, n°27 (Ø 47 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°344 (Ø 47 mm).

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Girolamo Figino, painter, 1530-1570. Cast bronze medal 1562. (Ø 36,5 mm; 27,26 gr) HIERONIMVS FIGINVS MDLXII. Bust to left of Girolamo Figino, lossely draped // IAC ANT FIGINVS MDLV. Bust to left of Giacomo Antonio Figino with collar. Rare.

Extremely fine contemporary cast

Armand II, p. 232, n°13 (Ø 36 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°350 (obv.) (Ø 37 mm).

Provenance: Collection A. M.

The John Gaines Collection, Auction Morton & Eden 12, London (UK), 21 April 2005, lot n°21.

Auction Astarte VIII, Lugano (Switzerland), 11 October 2001, lot n°63.

Tommaso Rangone, physician in Ravenna, 1493-1577. Cast lead medal , undated (around 1562). (Ø 39,2 mm; 27,24 gr) THOMAS PHILOLOGVS RAVENNAS. Bust to right, bearded in gown // A IOVE ET SOROR E GENITA. Jupiter in the guise of an eagle bringing the infant Hercules to Juno, who lies recumbent and sleeping within the Milky Way, below, lilies growing and three birds. Rare.

Suspension hole. Very fine old cast

Armand II, p. 196, n°20 (Ø 38 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°417b (Ø 39 mm).

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Andrea Doria, condottiero and admiral of Genoa, 1466-1560. Cast bronze medal , undated. (Ø 40,9 mm; 41,54 gr) ANDREAS DORIA P P. Bust of Doria to right, in cuirass and cloak; trident behind shoulder // Starboard view of a galley at sea; standard with double-headed eagle on poop; small boat containing two rowers coming away; a fisherman angling from a rock in the foreground.

Very fine late cast

Armand I, p. 164, n°9 (Ø 43 mm); Armand III, p. 68, l; Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°431 (Ø 42 mm).

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Lorenzino de Medici, 1514-1548. Cast bronze medal , undated (around 1537). (Ø 36,3 mm; 27,36 gr) LAVRENTIVS MEDICES. Bust to right, drapery fastened on shoulder // VIII ID IAN, below. Cap of Liberty between two daggers.

Suspension hole. Extremely fine old cast

Armand II, p. 151, n°3 (Ø 36 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°493 (Ø 37 mm).

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Alessandro Chigi Collection, Auction Christies, Rome (Italy), 30 October 1980, n°36.

Maria of Austria, 1528-1603. Uniface cast bronze medal , undated. (Ø 64,2 mm; 36,52 gr) MARIA AVSTR REG BOEM CAROLI V IMP FI. Bust to left, hair up in a headdress with drapery falling back; bodice with straight collar.

Suspension hole. Extremely fine old cast

Armand II, p. 237, n°6 var. (Ø 63 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) -.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Cardinal-Bishop, 1517-1586. Cast bronze medal , undated (1561-1586). (Ø 43,3 mm; 32,88 gr) ANT S R E P BR CARD GRANVELANVS. Bust to right, wearing cape with hood // DVRATE. Ship at sea, blown up by winds.

Suspension hole. Extremely fine old cast

Armand I, p. 265, n°13 (Ø 43 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°635 var. (Ø 43 mm).

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Alessandro Chigi Collection, auction Christies, Rome (Italy), 30 October 1980, lot n°26.

Philip II of Spain, 1527-1598. Uniface oval cast bronze medal , undated (around 1567). (Ø 96,3 x 84,8 mm; 73,44 gr) PHILIPVS II HISPAN ET NOVI ORBIS OCCIDVI REX. Bust right wearing ruff, with open coat and the Order of the Golden Fleece. Rare.

Extremely fine old cast

Armand II, p. 304, n°C var. (Ø 99 x 87 mm); Hill & Polard (Kress Coll.) -.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Gregor XIII, 1502-1585. Cast bronze medal 1575. (Ø 36,7 mm; 16,56 gr) GREGORIVS XIII PONT MAX ANNO IVBILEI. Bust left, wearing mantum // DOMVS DEI ET PORTA COELI. The Pope, surrounded by clergy and faithful, opens the Porta Santa, with St Peter and angels above.

Very fine later cast

Armand I, p. 227, n°39 (Ø 39 mm); Pollard (Washington) n°430 (Ø 38,9 mm).

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Sixtus V, 1585-1590. Cast bronze medal 1586. (Ø 38,7 mm; 16,27 gr) SIXTVS V PONT MAX ANO II. Bare-headed bust right with cope decorated with the face of Jesus and arabesques // SACRA PROPHANIS PRAEFEREND. The obelisk in St. Peters Square and Basilica in the background.

Extremely fine old cast

Armand I, p. 293, n°2 (Ø 40 mm); Pollard (Washington) -.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Anonymous. Uniface oval cast bronze medal , undated (1580-1600). Possibly representing Hannibal and Scipio. (Ø 64,9 x 50,6 mm; 59,54 gr) Double portrait of an African and a woman (?). Extremely rare. Possibly unique.

Suspension hole. Minor flan crack. Almost extremely fine old cast

Armand -; Pollard (Washington) -.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Auction Sothebys, London (UK), 5 July 2000, lot n°18.

This bronze medallion appears to be unique. It is a replica of the large sardonyx of the same subject which forms the centerpiece of the enamelled gold and cameo mounted wall sconce of circa 1630, entitled Plaque de lumière de Marie de Medici, now in the collections of the Musée du Louvre in Paris (Inv. MR251).

Saint Paul. Cast bronze medal , undated (16th Century). (Ø 38,7 mm; 35,94 gr) PAVLVS DOCTOR GENTIVM. Bust right of St Paul // CHRISTO CONFIXVS SVM CRUCE - PAVLVS RAPTVS IN PARADISVM AVDIVIT ARCHANA VERBA QVE NE HO I LOQVI. Inscription in 7 lines. Rare.

Very fine old cast

Armand -; Pollard (Washington) -; Lanna Coll. 356 var.; Coll. Löbbecke 60.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Alexander VII, 1655-1667. Struck bronze medal 1664. (Ø 28 mm; 7,94 gr) CARD CHISIVS NEP ALEX VII P LEGATVS A LATERE IN FR. Half-length bust facing slightly left, wearing galero and mozzetta // CARD CHISII LEGALATERE LVTETIAM FOELIX INGRESSVS. Mounted procession of cardinals right, with Chigi beneath canopy. Feuardent 3410 var.

Extremely fine

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Alessandro Chigi Collection, Auction Christies, Rome (Italy), 30 October 1980, lot n°1,

Innocent XI, 1676-1689. Gilt cast bronze medal Anno X (1686). (Ø 36,8 mm; 21,09 gr) INNOC XI PONT M AN X. Bust right wearing tiara // NON QVAERIT QVAE SVA SVNT. Charity with two children in her arms sitting on a rock. Bartolotti E. 686.

Suspension hole. Extremely fine

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Louis XII, 1462-1515 et Anne de Bretagne, 1477-1514. Médaille de bronze 1499. Commémorant la venue du couple royal à Lyon. (Ø ext. 114,4 mm; 447,83 gr) FELICE LVDOVICO REGNATE DVODECIMO CESARE ALTERO GAVDET OMNIS NACIO. Buste à droite de Louis XII, coiffé dun mortier orné dune couronne de fleurs de lis et portant le collier de lordre de Saint-Michel; le champ semé de fleur de lis; à lexergue, un lion tourné à gauche // LVGDVN RE PVBLICA GAVDETE BIS ANNA REGNANTE BENIGNE SIC FVI CONFLATA. Buste à gauche dAnne de Bretagne, coiffé dun voile court sur lequel est posée la couronne royale; le champ est parti dun semis de fleurs de lis et dhermine; à lexergue, un lion comme au droit.

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Trou de suspension. Superbe fonte d'époque

Mazerolle II, p. 9, n°27 (Ø ext. 115 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) 527 (Ø ext. 114 mm); Jones I, p. 36, n°15 (Ø ext. 114 mm); Scher (The Currency of Fame) 140.

Provenance: Collection A. M.

Vente Aguttes, Paris (France), 8 décembre 2013, lot n°11.

Cette médaille fut la première dun tel diamètre fondue en France. Elle fut conçue à loccasion de lentrée sollennelle des époux royaux à Lyon le 15 mars 1499. Réalisée par Nicolas Leclerc et Jean de Saint-Priest daprès un dessin de Jean Perréal et fondue par Jean Lepère.