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Auction 93  27 Jun 2018
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Lot 143

Estimate: 600 GBP
Price realized: 2400 GBP
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French School (early 15th century), Heraclius (Byzantine emperor, 610-641) and the Return of the True Cross to Jerusalem, lead medal cast after the gold example in the collection of Jean Duc de Berry (1340-1416), crowned bust of Heraclius right on crescent moon, his face lit by light rays from above, rev., Heraclius holding the Cross, seated in triumphal car drawn right by three horses, 97mm, 93.3mm excluding outer rim (Jones, BMC, 5-7; Arm. II, 8, 6; Pollard II, 598 = Kress 525; Scher, Currency of Fame, 2), twice pierced, edge knock, a very fine early cast An extremely rare silver repoussé image of the reverse of this medal was in the collection of Sir Timothy Clifford, sold in these rooms on 13 June 2016, lot 79, and is now in The Cloisters Museum, New York. See also, Currency of Fame, pp.32-37 on the medals of the Duc de Berry.
Estimate: 600-800 GBP
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