ITALY, Bologna (Signori). Giovanni II Bentivoglio. 1463-1506. Æ Medal (101mm, 411.4 g, 12h). Later cast after original by Sperandio di Bartolommeo Savelli. IOANNES BETIVOLVS RO NON LIBERTATIS PRINCEPS, bust left, wearing cap / Two cherubs holding shield; in exergue, OPVS SPERA(ND)EI. Pollard –; Hill 355. VF.
From the RAJ Collection. Ex Michael Weller Collection; Cyril Humphris Collection (Sotheby's, 3 October 1996), lot 17.