Watch List notes:

ITALY. Bronze Medal Quintet (5 Pieces), 1457- ca.1783. Grade Range: EXTREMELY FINE to UNCIRCULATED.
The lot comprises the following:

1) Venice. Pasquale Malipiero (doge 1457-62) and his wife, Giovanna Dandolo. 86 mm diameter. Obverse: the doge left, in hat and robe; reverse: the duchess left in mantle and beret. Hill-409.

2) Florence. Giovanni Antonio dei Guidi (d. 1501), count of Urbecche and Modigliana. 90.5 mm diameter, uniface. Attributed to Niccolo Spinelli, called "il Fiorentino". This medal is known with various reverses as well as the uniface version offered here. Hill-978.

3) Rome. Carlo Maratta (1625-1713), painter and principal of the Accademia di San Luca. 70 mm diameter. By Charles Jean Francois Chéron (1635-1698). Obverse: bust of the artist right; reverse: Genius addresses the muse of Painting. Vannel/Toderi 20.

4) Bologna. Marcello Malpighi (1628-94), biologist and physician. 88 mm diameter. By F. de Saint Urbain. Obverse: bust left; reverse: Science examines a branch with a lens.

5) Ferrara. Vincenzo Bellini (1708-83), numismatist (not the opera composer). 73 mm diameter. Obverse: bust right; reverse: a beehive between two palms, date (MDCCLXXV) below. Vannel/Toderi-415.

Some may be later casts. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS.

Estimate: $1000 - $1500