SPANISH NETHERLANDS
Charles V and Isabella of Portugal
Medals (4), one probably in tin covered in bronze, Leone Leoni, n.d. (about 1550), 71mm, 53.10g, laureate, drpaed and cuirassed bustof the emperor right, IMP CAES CAROLVS V AVG, rev. buste of the empress three-quarters left, DIVA ISABELLA AVGVSTA CAROLI V VX (Armand I 167, 23 ; Börner 760/762). Later cast, spots of corrosion, extremely fine ; one in lead and one in bronze-gilt, by J. Nizolla da Trezzo, c.1552, 61mm et 63mm, 54.05g et 54.8g, bust of Johanna of Austria three-quarters left, rev. CONNVBII FRVCTVS (Armand II 247, 15). Later casts, pierced, fine to very fine ; Don Juan of Austria, silver medal by A. Waterloos, 1656, 45mm, 24.88g, cuirassed bust left, IOANNES . AVSTRIACVS . PHLI . IV . HISP . R . F . BEL . G, rev. reliquary of Sacrament of Miracle, MIRA CVLOSO FESTO A DOREA, AVA.F à l'exergue (Smolderen, Les Waterloos, 35 ; van Loon p.402).
PROVENANCE: Dupriez
Later cast, marks on edge at 12 o'clock, hairlines, scratches, very fine. (4)