*Italy, Francesco Quirini, Venetian patrician, Procurator of St. Mark's, soldier and poet, bronze medal by Cavino, draped bust right, rev., Romulus and Remus suckled by the wolf, 36.8mm (Attwood 283; Arm. I, 184, 30; Pollard 452 = Kress 396), very fine early cast, brown patina Ex Bibliothèque d'un Érudit Bibliophile – Pierre Jammes collection, Sotheby's Paris, 12-13 October 2010, lot 245, part. The Quirini family claimed an unbroken lineage to Romulus, hence also the reverse inscription "perpetual progeny" and the choice of a medal looking like a Roman coin.
Estimate: £200 - 300