WORLD COINS, ITALY, Renaissance. The Entombment and Lamentation of Christ, below Calvary, a slightly tapering Rectangular Cast Bronze Plaquette with arched top. Rossi (Scaglia) 82 mm x 68 mm, 106.1g, by Giovanni Bernardi (Giovanni da Castelbolognese, 1494-1553), signed IO. B.F. at bottom. The Madonna and four disciples lift the body of Christ into the tomb, two further weeping figures stand to left, above to right the three crosses with several figures around and, below, a horseman riding away towards the walled city of Jerusalem. An early cast, pierced at top. Extremely rare. Very fine.
from the collection of medals formed by William Victor Royle Baldwin (known as Roy or Uncle Roy), one of A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd founder's three sons, he was born in 1893
Estimate: $ 1,000