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CRISTOFORO DI GEREMIA, 1410-1476.

13 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 1.000.-
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.

LYSIPPUS THE YOUNGER, active ca. 1470-1484.

14 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 200.-

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.

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