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FRANCESCO FRANCIA, ca. 1450/1453-1517.

11 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 100.-

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 Christie's, Rome (Italy), 30 October 1980, lot n°39.

ANONYMOUS. BOLOGNESE SCHOOL AFTER FRANCIA.

12 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 200.-

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.

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