Bertolami Fine Art
Auction 7 20-21 May 2013
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Ercole II d'Este (1508-1559), duke of Ferrara.
Cast medal 1558, opus: Pompeo Leoni (ca. 1533-1608). AE (g103,8; mm 67,3). HERCVLES ESTENSIS II FERR DVX IIII, below in the second line: POMPEIVS, armored bust with mask on his chest turned to the left Rv. SVPERANDA OMNIS FORTVNA female figure chained to a rock on which there is an amphora from which water flows, above it an armillary sphere. Kress 446 (AE mm 69); Bargello 486; Pollard III, 735; Toderi-Vannel I, 124.
Very fine, posterior cast, hole obstructed.
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Cast medal 1558, opus: Pompeo Leoni (ca. 1533-1608). AE (g103,8; mm 67,3). HERCVLES ESTENSIS II FERR DVX IIII, below in the second line: POMPEIVS, armored bust with mask on his chest turned to the left Rv. SVPERANDA OMNIS FORTVNA female figure chained to a rock on which there is an amphora from which water flows, above it an armillary sphere. Kress 446 (AE mm 69); Bargello 486; Pollard III, 735; Toderi-Vannel I, 124.
Very fine, posterior cast, hole obstructed.
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