Baldwin & Sons
Auction 101 28 September 2016
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Italy, Leo XI (1535-1605, Pope 1-27 April, 1605), Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici, Uniface Restitutional Bronze Portrait Medal, by Antonio Selvi, bust left wearing cap and cope, LEO XI MED PONT MAX, 86mm (Flaten 2012 [Middeldorf] 117; cf V&T 295). Cast with an unpatinated surface, very fine, pierced in outer rim.
The medal differs quite significantly from that in the two-sided Series Medicea piece as illustrated in V&T. Middeldorf, who attributes the medal to the 1740s, suggests that it could possibly be the work of L M Weber. The example in his catalogue has an attractive and well patinated surface, though it is twice pierced in the field. Leo XI was Pope for less than a month and even his restitutional portraits are rare.
Estimate: £100-150
The medal differs quite significantly from that in the two-sided Series Medicea piece as illustrated in V&T. Middeldorf, who attributes the medal to the 1740s, suggests that it could possibly be the work of L M Weber. The example in his catalogue has an attractive and well patinated surface, though it is twice pierced in the field. Leo XI was Pope for less than a month and even his restitutional portraits are rare.
Estimate: £100-150