Bertolami Fine Art
Auction 7 20-21 May 2013
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Giovanni VIII Paleologo (1391-1448), emperor of Bisanzio (1425).
Cast medal 1425, opus: Antonio di Puccio Pisano called Pisanello. AE (g 277,4; mm 102,2). IωANNHC BACIΛEVC KAI AVTO KPATωPPωMAIωN O ΠAΛAIOΛOΓOC, bust turned to the right of the emperor with a long beard and hair in curls, wearing a tall hat with visor dome Rv. OPVS PISANI PICTORIS, Giovanni VIII Paleologo on horseback, on the rocky background, the emperor keeps his hands clasped in prayer in front of a cross on a high base, at left a page on horseback seen from behind, under the boundary: EPΓON TOV ΠICANOV ZωΓPAΦOV. Kress 1 (lead mm103); Pollard 2 e 2a (1°es. AE mm 103,2; 2°es. AE mm 102); Armand I,7,20; BÖner 20,5; Hill 19.
Extremely fine old cast with reddish brown patina.
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Cast medal 1425, opus: Antonio di Puccio Pisano called Pisanello. AE (g 277,4; mm 102,2). IωANNHC BACIΛEVC KAI AVTO KPATωPPωMAIωN O ΠAΛAIOΛOΓOC, bust turned to the right of the emperor with a long beard and hair in curls, wearing a tall hat with visor dome Rv. OPVS PISANI PICTORIS, Giovanni VIII Paleologo on horseback, on the rocky background, the emperor keeps his hands clasped in prayer in front of a cross on a high base, at left a page on horseback seen from behind, under the boundary: EPΓON TOV ΠICANOV ZωΓPAΦOV. Kress 1 (lead mm103); Pollard 2 e 2a (1°es. AE mm 103,2; 2°es. AE mm 102); Armand I,7,20; BÖner 20,5; Hill 19.
Extremely fine old cast with reddish brown patina.
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