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Auction: 390 - Renaissance Plaquettes and Commemorative Medals featuring the Neil A. Goodman Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 104

SPERANDIO of MANTUA (born ca. 1425-8, died after 1504)
Sigismondo d'Este (1433-1507), Ferrarese Noble, Lord of San Martino in Rio, Campogalliano, Rodeglia, Castellarano, and San Cassiano, Governor of Reggio. Medal, ca. 1473. Bronze, 81.3mm. ILLVSTRISSIMVS.SIGISMVNDVS.ESTENSIS, Bust left wearing embroidered tunic and chain, rev. Amor standing facing slightly right, holding palm frond and balance and leaning his elbow on a sword, signed around: OPVS SPERANDEI. Hill 367. Cast after a pierced specimen. A Very Fine old cast. Ex Eugene V and Clare E Thaw, Millea Bros, Sale 81, Day 3 of 3, November 15-17, 2018, lot 3261 [part].
From the Neil A. Goodman Collection

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