Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 12 - Argentum 4 Nov 2017
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World Medals, Italy, Illustrious men of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, four copper medals from the series struck in the reign of Ferdinando II (1830–1859), by Vincenzo Catenacci and reverses – except Cicero, by Achille Arnaud: Archimedes (b. 287 B.C.), mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer, 1830, by bust r., rev. a hydraulic screw raises water from a well; Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.), politician and lawyer, 1830, bust l., rev. vine, altar and plinth with books, (D'Auria 167); Torquato Tasso (1544-1595), poet, 1830, bust l., rev. a lyre within wreath; Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), painter, architect and sculptor, 1832, bust l., rev. implements of his three disciplines, each 41mm (D'Auria D'Auria 169, 167, 165, 173), extremely fine or nearly so, handsome and scarce medals (4)
(200-250 GBP)
(200-250 GBP)