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<p>[QUOTE="ycon, post: 3055103, member: 91771"]Much sooner than I ever expected (and by spending a much larger portion of my income than is perhaps advisable) I was able to acquire a second coin with dies engraved by Benvenuto Cellini. If you missed it, I did a write up of my first Cellini coin, and an overview of his coinage here: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-coins-of-benvenuto-cellini-not-ancient-but.309743/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-coins-of-benvenuto-cellini-not-ancient-but.309743/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-coins-of-benvenuto-cellini-not-ancient-but.309743/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]765297[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]765296[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Alessandro de'Medici (1532-1536) First Duke of Florence. </b>Mezzo giulio. CNI 24/29. MIR 105. AG. g. 1.60 RRR. O: ALEXANDER MED R P FLOREN DVX crowned coat of arms. R: IOANNES BAPTISTA Haloed bust of St. left., with cross and hair shirt. Scratch in the field of R / VF. RRR Dies by Benvenuto Cellini.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was minted after Cellini fled Rome (where he had continued to work minting coins for Paul III after Clement VII's death) and gone to Florence in the service of Alessandro de' Medici, the first official Medici duke of Florence (made duke by his Medici cousin, none other than Clement VII-- the earlier Medicis had simply been de facto rulers). </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is more-or-less never found in very high condition, and interestingly, Cellini writes about it in an almost defensive tone:</p><p><br /></p><p>“Next I made dies for half-giulios on which I struck the full face of San Giovanni in small. This was the first coin with a head in full face on so thin a piece of silver that had yet been seen. The difficulty of executing it is apparent only to the eyes of such as are past-masters in these crafts.”</p><p><br /></p><p>In hand the subtlety of his work is much more impressive than in the enlarged photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cellini made a giulio for Alessandro which also featured John the Baptist. I am not sure if there are any examples of that coin in private collections. Here is the one from the Bargello museum: [ATTACH=full]765303[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Post whatever you feel like: coins you never thought you'd own, coins from florence, renaissance coins, artistic masterpieces...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ycon, post: 3055103, member: 91771"]Much sooner than I ever expected (and by spending a much larger portion of my income than is perhaps advisable) I was able to acquire a second coin with dies engraved by Benvenuto Cellini. If you missed it, I did a write up of my first Cellini coin, and an overview of his coinage here: [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-coins-of-benvenuto-cellini-not-ancient-but.309743/[/url] [ATTACH=full]765297[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]765296[/ATTACH] [B]Alessandro de'Medici (1532-1536) First Duke of Florence. [/B]Mezzo giulio. CNI 24/29. MIR 105. AG. g. 1.60 RRR. O: ALEXANDER MED R P FLOREN DVX crowned coat of arms. R: IOANNES BAPTISTA Haloed bust of St. left., with cross and hair shirt. Scratch in the field of R / VF. RRR Dies by Benvenuto Cellini. This coin was minted after Cellini fled Rome (where he had continued to work minting coins for Paul III after Clement VII's death) and gone to Florence in the service of Alessandro de' Medici, the first official Medici duke of Florence (made duke by his Medici cousin, none other than Clement VII-- the earlier Medicis had simply been de facto rulers). This coin is more-or-less never found in very high condition, and interestingly, Cellini writes about it in an almost defensive tone: “Next I made dies for half-giulios on which I struck the full face of San Giovanni in small. This was the first coin with a head in full face on so thin a piece of silver that had yet been seen. The difficulty of executing it is apparent only to the eyes of such as are past-masters in these crafts.” In hand the subtlety of his work is much more impressive than in the enlarged photo. Cellini made a giulio for Alessandro which also featured John the Baptist. I am not sure if there are any examples of that coin in private collections. Here is the one from the Bargello museum: [ATTACH=full]765303[/ATTACH] Post whatever you feel like: coins you never thought you'd own, coins from florence, renaissance coins, artistic masterpieces...[/QUOTE]
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