Nice pegasus.
Cardinal Pietro Barbo Anonymous Roman artist, 1455. [IMG] Bronze, 33.8 mm Ø, 27.8 g Obverse: Bust of Pietro Barbo facing left, tonsured,...
Medal of Giuliano II de' Medici, 1513. [IMG]
It's a cast medal (and admittedly a somewhat later cast, probably made from a mold taken from an earlier cast), so it's likely a flaw from the...
Ottaviano Vestri / Ornate Vase c. 1572 [IMG] Bronze, 78.7 mm Ø, 106.4 g Obverse: Bust of Ottaviano Vestri facing left, bearded and wearing...
Thanks everyone! I use a Canon G15 on a mini copy stand with a couple of Ottlites. Not a great setup, but it does an OK job.
Thanks all for the kind comments! I wouldn't be surprised if that is in fact where the idea came from for that personification.
I've been working on a website for some time to display my medal collection, and while it's still not quite finished (and may never be), I figured...
Gianello della Torre / Fountain of Science by Jacopo Nizzola da Trezzo, 1548 [IMG] Lead, 81.5 mm Ø Obverse: Bust of Gianello della Torre facing...
It is indeed a hole, and it's actually pretty common to find medals of the 15th-18th century that have been holed. The pierced medals would often...
Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni by Bartolomeo Vaggelli, 1709 [IMG] Bronze, 89.0 mm Ø Obverse: Bust of Pietro Ottoboni facing right, wearing zucchetto...
[IMG] Bronze, 60.8 mm Ø Obverse: Bust of Gregory XIII facing right, wearing decorative cope. Around, GREGORIVS · XIII · PONT · MAXIMVS · AN ·...
Merry Christmas!
Thanks! It is one of my favorite acquisitions from this year.
Yes, it is a recent acquisition.
Jacques Boyceau / Landscape with Caterpillars and Butterflies by Abraham Dupré, 1624 [IMG] Bronze, 71.0 mm Ø Obverse: Bust of Jacques Boyceau...
Sorry, I meant to post this in the World Coins forum. Apologies. Pope Alexander VII / Androcles and the Lion by Gioacchino Francesco Travani,...
A decent sized medal ... [IMG] 97.2 mm Ø, 300.5 g
A somewhat random grouping of Italian medals which are associated to each other by the fact that they are all from the collection of Sir Timothy...
It's unknown when it was struck, but was likely created either in Turenne's later years or possibly as a posthumous honor, so likely circa 1675....
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