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Auction 40  11 January 2017
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Lot 1450

Estimate: 300 USD
Price realized: 300 USD
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WORLD COINS, ITALY, Renaissance. Domenico Fontana, (1543-1607), architect. Bronze Medal, 1586. 40 mm, 34.4g, by Michael Balla (the medallist MB). Bust right, DOMENICVS FONTANA AMELINO NOVOCOMEN AGRI. Rev.Obelisk with legend to either side, CESARIS OBELISCVM MIRE MAGNIT..., 239.5 mm. / ASPORT - AVIT AT / QVE IN - FOR DE /PETRI - FELICI / TER ER - EXI AN / DMI - XXXVI and text. (Att 1007; Arm I/293,1; T&V, Medaglie II, 2362). A contemporary cast. Choice 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
The obelisk is that erected in the piazza San Pietro, Rome.

Estimate: $ 300
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