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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 7684557, member: 95174"]A cast Medallion of John VIII Palaeologus , it is a late creation , I am guessing 1900 because it is only one sided. The original was done the 1440’s. I am framing it to display Pisanello's artwork and an excellent portrait of an emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was the first cast medal made in Italy, before this all of them were struck. It is impressive at 104mm but what is very cool is it is a literal portrait of the next to Last Byzantine Emperor, the art of the empire was abstract in keeping with the rules of spiritualism, true beauty is from within.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1319674[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 7684557, member: 95174"]A cast Medallion of John VIII Palaeologus , it is a late creation , I am guessing 1900 because it is only one sided. The original was done the 1440’s. I am framing it to display Pisanello's artwork and an excellent portrait of an emperor. It was the first cast medal made in Italy, before this all of them were struck. It is impressive at 104mm but what is very cool is it is a literal portrait of the next to Last Byzantine Emperor, the art of the empire was abstract in keeping with the rules of spiritualism, true beauty is from within. [ATTACH=full]1319674[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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