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GIOVANNI FRANCESCO CAROTTO, 1470-1546.






















































              10     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  1.000.-


                     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.










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