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PETRECINO OF FLORENCE, ca. 1450-1500.
3 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. Exceptional medal of the highest rarity. Museum piece. Suspension hole.
Extremely fine contemporary cast with sharp details 100.000.-
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.
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