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Outstanding medals. I have a couple though they don't commemorate anything as significant, I'll see if I can find the pictures.

Check the thread "Let's See Your Exonumia," there are some fine examples there. Yarm has a wonderful collection.

 

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Many good books, though often hard to find and somewhat expensive. Here are some of the ones I find most useful:

George Francis Hill, "A Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance Before Cellini", originally published in 1930, reprinted (with annotations by Graham Pollard) in 1984, 2 volumes (text and plates). Covers all Italian medals from their inception in the early 15th century until around 1530.

Philip Attwood, "Italian Medals, c. 1530-1600", 2003, 2 volumes (text and plates). Basically picks up where Hill left off, completing until the end of the 16th century. Two big caveats here, however, are that it lists only pieces in British public collection (so not a full corpus), and it also does not list any papal medals.

Giuseppe Toderi and Fiorenza Vannel, "Le Medaglie Italiane del XVI Secolo", 2000, 3 volumes (2 of text, 1 of plates), mostly in Italian with some introductory material in English. This covers the entirety of Italian medallic output in the 16th century.

Fiorenza Vannel and Giuseppe Toderi, "La Medaglia Barocca in Toscana", 1987, in Italian. Covers all of the large cast Florentine Baroque medals of the late 17th and early 18th centuries (such as the Cosimo Serristori medal by Soldani).

John Graham Pollard, "Renaissance Medals: Volume One: Italy" and "Renaissance Medals: Volume Two: France, Germany, The Netherlands, and England", 2007. A complete catalogue of all the medals in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Consisting primarily of the Samuel Kress collection, it is one of the finest collections of Renaissance medals in the world. Although not a corpus-type work like the others above, there are detailed write-ups for each medal, and the images are placed within the text.

In the field of papal medals, these are the primary references now used for the period up until 1730 (the first four books here are often referred to simply as CNORP):

Adolfo Modesti, "Corpvs Nvmismatvm Omnivm Romanorvm Pontificvm, Volume I: 42-1523", 2002, in Italian.

Adolfo Modesti, "Corpvs Nvmismatvm Omnivm Romanorvm Pontificvm, Volume II: 1523-1559", 2003, in Italian.

Adolfo Modesti, "Corpvs Nvmismatvm Omnivm Romanorvm Pontificvm, Volume III: 1559-1585", 2004, in Italian.

Adolfo Modesti, "Corpvs Nvmismatvm Omnivm Romanorvm Pontificvm, Volume IV: 1585-1621", 2006, in Italian.

Walter Miselli, "Il Papato dal 1605 al 1669 Attraverso le Medaglie", 2003, in Italian.

Walter Miselli, "Il Papato dal 1669 al 1700 Attraverso le Medaglie", 2001, in Italian.

Walter Miselli, "Il Papato dal 1700 al 1730 Attraverso le Medaglie", 1997, in Italian.

I'm mostly focused on Italian medals, but have an interest in early French medals also, of which these two books are the primary references:

Mark Jones, "A Catalogue of the French Medals in the British Museum, Volume 1: 1402-1610", 1982.

Mark Jones, "A Catalogue of the French Medals in the British Museum, Volume 2: 1600-1672", 1988.

Additionally, this is an excellent, small, introductory book to medals from the Renaissance to modern times:

Mark Jones, "The Art of the Medal", 1979.

And for sheer enjoyment of beautiful Renaissance medals (Italian, French, German, and Netherlandish), the following is a beautifully written and illustrated exhibition catalogue:

Stephen K. Scher, "The Currency of Fame: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance", 1994.

 

I have one or two medals but nothing to compete with the beautiful examples above. I bought this because Picton came from my own hometown and there are still monuments to him there today.

The only one I owuld bother sharing is below:-

Mudie Medal - Lt. General Sir Thomas Picton
Obv:- Facing bust of Picton
Rev:- Picton standing left, in heroic pose, holding standard and sword
BHM 730, Mudie 19.

Celebrating a victory at the battle of Badajoz in April 1812.

 

Can't ask for more than that, thanks!

 

This is an eye-opening and amazing thread.
Thank you!
-L

 

Allen Berman often has nice (old) Papal medals in his inventory.

I only have a few Swiss shooters and this piece. I like the way the nice lady is offering the kitty a bowl of milk.



This medal is from 1861 Norway. It commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Frederick Academy in Oslo. According to Internet sources, the Frederick Academy (subsequently the Royal Frederick University) is now named the University of Oslo. It is the oldest, largest and most prestigious university in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. It was founded in 1811 and originally modeled after the University of Berlin. As you might guess, it was originally named after King Frederick of Denmark and Norway.

As mentioned, the medal obverse depicts a seated female offering a bowl to the kitty. The reverse consists of text within a wreath. This bronze medal is 42mm diameter with prooflike colorful toning on the fields.

 

Umm, are we sure that's a female?

 

Nope. Not sure.

I'm relatively certain that the lion is male.

 

So is the "woman". That is supposed to be Ganymede ...

Christian

 

Ganymede it is.

 

Some beautiful pieces you have there Iosephus. I'm a collector of Renaissance medals as well. Here are some pics of my Ponte Sisto medal...not quite as nice as yours!

 

Thanks, @grandtourist! I've glanced through your website in the past and you have some very nice medals. I look forward to seeing your future postings here!

 

Medallions are wonderful works of art. It is a pleasure to look at this post and all the medallions.

 

That's a beauty!