Anon., bronze medal of Cardinal Ottavio Bandini (1558-1629), OCT SRE PR CAR BANDINVS LEG A IVB MDC, bust right, wearing mozzetta, Cardinal's arms behind, trace of letters on truncation (C DVRO?), rev. D IO BAP COLL MACER SOC IESV D, John the Baptist seated on a rock holding the monogram of Christ, 38mm. (Bargello 815), brown patina, very fine
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Anon., bronze medal of Cardinal Ottavio Bandini (1558-1629), OCT SRE PR CAR BANDINVS LEG A IVB MDC, bust right, wearing mozzetta, Cardinal's arms behind, trace of letters on truncation (C DVRO?), rev. D IO BAP COLL MACER SOC IESV D, John the Baptist seated on a rock holding the monogram of Christ, 38mm. (Bargello 815), brown patina, very fine
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The medal was issued for the Jubilee of 1600. Ottavio Bandidi was Cardinal of S.Sabina (1596), Legate of Romagna and Marche (1598), and Protonotary Apostolico under Gregory XIII.