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Auction: 390 - Renaissance Plaquettes and Commemorative Medals featuring the Neil A. Goodman Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 6

PIER JACOPO ALARI BONCOLSI, called ANTICO (ca. 1460-1528)
Antonia Balzo (ca. (1460-1538), wife of Gianfrancesco Gonzaga di Rodigo. Medal, 1484/5. Bronze, 40mm. DIVA ANTONIA BAVTIA DE GONZ.MAR, Bust right, her hair in a net, wearing a necklace and pendant, rev. SVPEREST.M.SPES, Hope standing facing on a galley with a broken mast drawn left by two winged horses, a cherub above; MAI PIV ("Never again") inscribed on side of the ship, signed ANTI in exergue. Hill 212, Pollard 112/3, Scher 29. Kress 72. A Very Fine old cast. Ex Baldwin 100, September 28, 2016, lot 3730.
From the Neil A. Goodman Collection

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$375

Starting price
$210