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Lot 872
Italy, Campaign Medals (11), Italo-Turkish War Medal, 1911-1912 (4), one clasp 1911, by L Giorgi, no clasp (3), by Johnson and unsigned (2); 1st Battalion of Grenadiers Commemorative, 1911-1912, by Johnson; Libya Campaign Medal, 1912-1931 (6), 2 clasps, 1913-14 and 1914, by L. Giorgi; one clasp 1913-1914, unsigned; 1 clasp 1918-19 by L. Giorgi, 1 clasp 1926, unsigned; no clasp, by CFML, unofficial type with bust left, 1 clasp 1930, very fine or better (11)
Lot 927
Nelson Testimonial Medal, 1844, in white metal, by E. Avern, bust of Nelson left within garter bearing england expects etc, rev., Trafalgar Square and Nelson’s Column; inscribed to commemorate the opening of the nelson testimonial trafalgar sque – 21 october 1844, 61mm (BHM -; Eimer -; Hardy 97; MH 531), pierced, about extremely fine and very rare NOTE: Testimonial Medals such as this were presented to 357 Greenwich Pensioners who had served at one of Nelson’s four major actions, those of St Vincent (39), Nile (35), Copenhagen (45) and Trafalgar (238), together with a gratuity of ten shillings, at a ceremony held at the Royal Greenwich Hospital on 2nd April 1845. The awards were funded by the Testimonial Committee of the parishioners of St Martin-in-the-Fields. For more details see Captain Douglas-Morris, Naval Medals, 1793-1856, pp. 49-53. He knew of fewer than ten surviving medals, one of which was paired with an NGS medal.
Lot 928
South Africa, The British Empire Medal, 1901, bronze medal by F. Bowcher, crowned bust of Edward VII left, flanked by the standing figures of Justice, Peace and Industry either side, rev., Lord Roberts on horseback with troops behind, winged figures of Fame and Victory above, 104mm, edge marked ‘Bronze No.34’ of 150 made (BHM 3735; CM ZAR 66), in original case of issue, toned, tiny bruise to rim and one or two marks, otherwise extremely fine
Lot 1160
Two Byzantine coins: gold Solidus. Obv: D M CONSTANTINUS PP AV with crowned bust facing, holding cross on orb. Rev: VICTORIA AVSYS and officina letter F, cross on three steps; mintmark CONOB below; to/w gold Solidus. Obv: D M CONSTANTINUS PP AV with crowned bust with long beard facing, holding cross on orb. Rev: VICTORIA AVSYO, cross on four steps; mintmark CONOB below
Lot 11
Spain, Acci, Tiberius, as, laureate head left, rev., aquilae and standards; Caesaraugusta, Augustus, semis, bust left, rev., standard; Calagurris, asses (2) of Augustus (countermarked) and Tiberius, both rev., bull to right, magistrates’ names around; Celsa, Augustus, as, laureate head right, rev., bull to right; Colonia Patricia, Augustus, as, bare head left, rev., colonia / patricia within laurel-wreath (AB 39, 334, 421, 429, 810, 1989; RPC 139, 315, 444, 448, 273, 129), countermarked Calagurris as fine only , others mainly very fine, some tooled (6)
Lot 111
Anne, a uniface oval portrait medallion in translucent pressed horn, after Jean Obrisset but unsigned, portraying the crowned and cuirassed bust of the Queen left wearing collar of the Order of the Garter, 76 x 88mm (maximum vertical height of the portrait 51.5mm), reverse bearing an old label “Queen Anne 1707-09”, very fine; in an old gilt frame (this with some losses)
Lot 117
*George II, Memorial to Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1751, silver medal by J. Kirk, the Prince’s bust left, rev., Britannia weeping beside sarcophagus bearing the Prince of Wales’ feathers and from which rises a phoenix, old style date mdccl in exergue, 35 mm. (M.I. II/661/367; Eimer 634), good very fine
Lot 150
Italy, Salerno, Roger II as Duke (1127-30), follari (3), bust, rev., anchor, St. Matthew, rev., inscription (MIR 597, 598;); Roger II as King (1130-54), follari (21) (MIR 603, 607, 613, 614, 616, 618, 621-624, 625 (2) 626 (2), 628, 631, 632, 645 647, 648, 650, 651), many fine, a few better, some rare (24)
Lot 176
*Italy, Rimini, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and Fano (1432-68), bronze medal, dated 1446, by Matteo de’ Pasti, bare-headed bust left, rev., Fortitude seated facing in a meadow, the sides of the seat formed of foreparts of elephants, holding a broken column; below, mccccxlvi, 82mm (Hill 180; Armand I, 20, 11; Pollard 26 = Kress 61), a very fine contemporary cast with brown patina
Lot 177
*Italy, Rimini, Isotta degli Atti, mistress and then wife of Sigismondo Malatesta, bronze medal by Matteo de’ Pasti, isote ariminensi forma et virtvte italie decori (“to Isotta of Rimini, the ornament of Italy for beauty and virtue”), veiled bust of Isotta right, rev., opvs mattei de pasti v, the Malatesta elephant standing to right in a flowery meadow, 84.5mm (Hill 167; Armand I, 21, 20; Pollard 31 = Kress 59 = Scher, Currency of Fame, 12), pierced and the date of 1446 erased from the reverse, a very fine contemporary cast Ex Astarte IX, 15 May 2002, lot 733; John R. Gaines collection, Morton & Eden, 8 December 2005, lot 3 and Stack collection, Morton & Eden, 9 December 2009, lot 44.
Lot 179
*Italy, Enrico Bruni (died 1509), secretary to Pope Alexander VI and Archbishop of Taranto from 1498, bronze medal attributed to Donato Bramante, bust right, rev., nostrvm est volenti servit (“our wish is to serve”), an hour glass, 46mm (Hill 663 = Arm. III, 174, A), pierced, a very fine contemporary cast, extremely rare Ex Bibliothèque d’un Érudit Bibliophile – Pierre Jammes collection, Sotheby Paris, 12-13 October 2010, lot 245 part. This piece belongs to a group of Roman medals formerly given to Caradosso Foppa but re-attributed by Luke Syson in Currency of Fame (1994, see pp 113-115 for his arguments) to the great Italian architect Donato Bramante. The pieces concerned are the three varieties of medals of Julius II (two of which are considered to be foundation medals of St. Peter’s), the present type of medal of Enrico Bruni and, above all, the medal of Bramante himself, now proposed as a self-portrait – and all relate in some way to Bramante’s work on St. Peter’s. Stylistically they stand apart from Caradosso’s Milanese medals of the Sforzas. In 1507 Enrico Bruni laid the foundation stones for three of the four piers that support the columns bearing the weight of the dome of St. Peter’s. Hill records the only specimen known to him, which was acquired for the British Museum (through the National Art Collections Fund) from the R.C. Fisher sale at Sotheby on 10th May 1921, lot 9 and it is this same piece that is cited by Armand – hence the 1921 catalogue describing it as “appears to be unique”; it sold for 60. In addition to that and the present medal, another was sold by Münzen und Medaillen, Auction 90, 14 June 2000, lot 412. All three examples are pierced and have identical diameters of 46mm.
Lot 184
*Valerio Malvicini, Dominican friar, bronze memorial medal, 1566, bust right in habit, rev., lion’s head set on plinth with bees flying from open mouth, 40mm (Arm. II, 232, 16; Attwood -), pierced, scratches in field before bust, a very fine contemporary cast with dark patina Ex Hall collection, part III, lot 2260.
Lot 185
*Italy, François de Lorraine (1519-63), Duc de Guise from 1550, uniface lead medal by Pastorino, 1557, bust right with date incised on truncation, 65mm (Attwood 582; cf. Arm. I, 201, 77), dark patina, a very fine contemporary cast Ex Hall collection, part III, lot 2009 (where erroneously attributed).
Lot 189
*Italy, Alfonso Paleotti (1531-1610), Archbishop of Bologna from 1597, bronze medal attributed to Casoni, on the reconstruction of St. Peter’s cathedral in Bologna in 1605, bust left in habit, rev., St. Peter, 67mm (Toderi/Vannel 1333; Börner 1871), pierced, an extremely fine contemporary cast The attribution to Casoni of this and the following lot is accepted by Toderi and Vannel but doubted by Attwood and Börner on the grounds of style and fabric.
Lot 190
*Italy, Alfonso Paleotti (1531-1610), Archbishop of Bologna from 1597, bronze medal attributed to Casoni, on the reconstruction of St. Peter’s cathedral in Bologna in 1605, bust left in habit, rev., the Madonna and Child, 66.5mm (Toderi/Vannel 1336; Börner 1872; Bargello 50), pierced, an extremely fine contemporary cast
Lot 195
*Italy, Cosimo de’ Medici, called il Vecchio (1389-1464), bronze medal by Antonio Selvi (from the Medici series of medals announced in 1740), bust right, rev., semper, three interlinked finger rings (arranged as Borromean rings), 84.5mm (Vannel/Toderi 250; Clifford 325), extremely fine with dark patina Ex Lankheit collection, Morton & Eden, 20 May 2003, lot 781 and Avery collection, Morton & Eden, 11 June 2008, lot 512.
Lot 196
*Italy, Francesco Maria de’ Medici (1660-1711), Cardinal, bronze medal by Carlo Citerni, bust left; signed c citer f on truncation, rev., Tuscany pointing to a Medici shield supported by a child and standing over a reclining figure of the river-god Arno, 71.2mm (Bargello 802), brown patina, extremely fine
Lot 200
*France, Jean Baptiste Duval, Royal Interpreter of oriental languages (died 1632), uniface lead medal, dated 1630, draped and cuirassed bust right; io baptista dv val ling orient interpres reg, 55mm, very fine early cast Duval’s manuscript Arabic-Latin dictionary compiled in Venice in 1610 is in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, and was published as the Dictionarium Latino Arabicum Davidis Regis by Antoine Vitray, the king’s official printer of oriental languages.
Lot 38
Claudius (41-54), didrachm of Caesarea, bust left, rev., de britannis, Claudius in quadriga, 6.54g (RIC 122; C. 15), off centre and tooled, fine, rare; Hadrian, as, rev., Britannia seated (RIC 577b), good fine; Antoninus Pius, sestertius, rev., Britannia seated left (RIC 745), about very fine, all relating to Roman Britain (3) Ex Sotheby’s, 19 April 1994, lot 538.
Lot 49
*Julia Mamaea, mother of Severus Alexander (222-235), aureus, Rome, 222, ivlia mamaea avg, draped bust right, rev., ivno conservatrix, Juno standing left holding patera and sceptre and with peacock at her feet, 7.29g (RIC 342; C. 6; Calico 3152), has been cleaned, about very fine, extremely rare Although there are no obvious edge marks to denote that the coin has been mounted, its appearance and provenance suggest that at some stage it might have been. It formerly belonged to a family jewellery business in Carlisle and the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum has records of having examined it on 6th July 1933 and again on 16 January 2003. The BM retains a plaster cast of the coin from when it was shown there in 1933. Julia Mamaea, who wielded political power over her son Severus Alexander, fell foul of the military and both she and her son were murdered on the instigation of Maximinus Thrax in 235. While her silver and bronze coins are common her gold coinage is extremely rare.
Lot 70
*India, Kushan, Wima Kadphises (c. 113-127), gold dinara, main mint, Bactria, bearded bust of king left wearing tall cap, emerging from mountain top represented as round boulders, holding club in right hand and with left hand on hilt of sword, rev., Oesho/Shiva standing facing, head left, holding trident in right hand, water-pot and animal skin in left, 7.87g (ANS 266-8; Göbl 15), very fine
Lot 73
*India, Kushan, Kanishka I (c. 127-151), gold quarter dinara, main mint (Balkh?), early phase, bust of king left emerging from mountain top, rev., Athsho, god of fire, standing left, holding wreath in right hand, fire-tongs in left at hip; tamgha in field, 1.99g (ANS 375-6; Göbl 41), very fine and rare
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