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*Italy, Marcantonio Passeri (1491-1564), Professor of philosophy and medicine at Padua university, bronze medal by Cavino, bust right, rev., a figure formed of a male and female fused together, 38mm (Attwood 289; Rizzini 274), fine early cast Ex Stonyhurst College collection, Christie's, 6 March 1990, lot 789. The reverse depicts the perfect human being, with both male and female anatomical parts, as described by Aristophanes in Plato's Symposium.

Estimate: £150 - 200