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Auction 40  11 January 2017
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Lot 1445

Estimate: 350 USD
Price realized: 900 USD
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WORLD COINS, ITALY, Renaissance. Allesandro de 'Medici, (1510-1531-1537). Cast Bronze Portrait Medal, 36 mm, 25.6g, by Domenico di Polo de' Vetri. Armoured bust right, ALEx M FLO-RENTIAE DVX PRIMVS. Rev. Margaret of Austria (and Parma) (1522-1586), her bust left, seemingly signed P below bust, MARGARITA AVSTRIA (Att 771 obv, 932 rev). 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
A curious 'mule', uniting husband and wife (married 1533-1537). It is normally found on the reverse of a medal of Ottavio Farnese, her first husbaundated. She was Governor of the Netherlands from 1559 to 1567 and from 1578 to 1582.

Estimate: $ 350
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