Italy, Circle of Niccolò Spinelli, called Fiorentino, Girolamo Savonarola, bronze medal, bust of Savonarola left wearing monk's habit, Rev., the sword of God held over the city of Florence, 60mm (Hill 1077; Arm. II, 46, 18), very fine early and typically coarse cast, brown patina The reverse illustrates Savonarola's dream of the fate of Florence with the sword of God poised over the city in anticipation of the French invasion. There was a rekindling of interest in Savonarola in Florence during the Republic, 1527-30.
Estimate: 400 - 600 GBP