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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;grandtourist, post: 2035191, member: 72683&quot;]Great piece, Josephus...a fantastic rarity.&nbsp; To my eye the classical lettering and reverse design feel Mantuan and influenced by the medals of Antico [see Hill 206; also 263 for some similarity in the lettering, border and curve of the bust truncation].&nbsp; The piece may date to the period of his first assignment in Mantua between 1494-1518.&nbsp; Perhaps the &#039;M&#039; refers to &#039;<i>Mantuanus</i>&#039; and belongs at the end of the inscription instead of the beginning to read something like &quot;Girolamo of Faenza, Herald and Lamp of Faith<i> in Mantua&#039;.&nbsp; </i>Anyway, just a possiblity...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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