The T. R. Hardaker Collection, Foreign Commemorative Medals, Italy, Venice and Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Barbò (1418-1471), bronze foundation medal for the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, 1455, Roman School (attributed to Andreas Guacalotti), tonsured bust l., PETRVS BARBVS VENETVS CARDINALIS S MARCI, rev. Cardinal's hat above Barbò coat of arms, HAS AEDES CONDIDIT ANNO CHRISTI MCCCCLV, 33.5mm. (Hill, Corpus 737; Pollard 2007, 147; Kress 206; VT (Bargello) I ,167; Serenissima 12), a sharp cast, nearly extremely fine; as Paul II (from 1465), bronze foundation medal for the Palazzo Venetia, 1465, Roman School (style of Cristoforo di Geremia), tonsured bust left wearing embroidered cope, rev. façade of the Palazzo, HAS AEDES CONDITIT ANNO CHRISTI MCCCCLXV, 33.5mm. (Hill, Corpus 783; Arm II, 32, 4; Pollard 246; Kress 216; Weber 227), edge defect at 10-11 o'clock, with old wax repair, fine (2)
(140-160 GBP)