Baldwin & Sons
Auction 90 24 September 2014
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, France, France/Italy, Philiberta of Savoy, wife of Giuliani de Medici, early 18th Century cast and chased Bronze Medal, by Antonio Selvi, her veiled bust right, FILIBERTA A SABAVDIA IVLIANI MED NEMOVRS D VXOR (Philiberta of Savoy, wife of Giuliano de' Medici Duke of Nemours), rev two doves above mirror and torch, HONOR PVDORQ PRISCV, 79mm (Vannel & Toderi 267). Very fine, small piercing at 12 o'clock, scarce.
Philiberta of Savoy (1498-1524) married Giuliano de Medici, Duke of Nemours, in 1515, but he died in 1516. She was aunt of Francis I of France. This medal is by Florentine medallist Antonio Selvi (1679-1753) and forms part of a series of medals he did of the Medici family (the "Serie Medicea").
Estimate: £100-150
Philiberta of Savoy (1498-1524) married Giuliano de Medici, Duke of Nemours, in 1515, but he died in 1516. She was aunt of Francis I of France. This medal is by Florentine medallist Antonio Selvi (1679-1753) and forms part of a series of medals he did of the Medici family (the "Serie Medicea").
Estimate: £100-150