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Auction: 390 - Renaissance Plaquettes and Commemorative Medals featuring the Neil A. Goodman Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 107

SPERANDIO OF MANTUA (born ca. 1425-1428, died after 1504)
Carlo Grati, Noble of Bologna. Medal, ca. 1485. Bronze, 106mm. .CAROLVS.GRATVS.MILES.ET.COMES.BONONIENSIS., Elderly bust of Grati left with long hair, wearing a round cap with the backflap turned up, a gorget and plate armor, rev. .REC-ORDATVS.MISERI CORDIE.SVE, An armored Grati kneeling right before a wayside cross, his cap and sword on the ground, his horse behind; a mounted squire at left holding a lance, signed below: .OPVS.SPERANDEI. Hill 392; Pollard 111; Bargelo 149. The Morgenroth lead specimen seems to be the model from which most bronze casts derive. Minor dark areas. An About Extremely Fine old cast. Ex Numismatica Ranieri (Bologna), Sale 13, November 10, 2018, lot 1.
From the Neil A. Goodman Collection

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