COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Italy, Antonia del Balzo (1441-1538), wife (1479) of Gianfrancesco Gonzaga di Ròdigo, Cast Bronze Medal, Pier Jacopo di Antonio Alari Bonacolsi, called Antico, bust right, DIVA ANTONIA BAVTIA DE GONZ MAR, rev Hope stands on the prow of a ship with broken mast, holding the severed anchor and torn sail, two winged horses draw the ship over the sea, an Amor flies above, SVPEREST.M.SPES (very weakly) signed ANTI in exergue, 39mm (Hill, Corpus 212; Arm I, 62, 5; Pollard [2007] 112; Kress 72). Good very fine, a later cast.
Estimate: £50-70