Sale 5062
Paris
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30 September 2003
Price realised
EUR 2,938
Estimate
MEDAILLE EN BRONZE REPRESENTANT NICCOLO PICCININO D'APRES ANTONIO PISANO DIT PISANELLO, PROBABLEMENT XVIème SIECLE Portrait de profil à gauche, représenté portant un bonnet et une armure, entouré de l'inscription: MAX.AC.MARS.ALER....NICOLAVS.PICININVS.VICECOMES.MARCHIO.CAPITANEVS ; au revers le griffon de Pérouse entouré de l'inscription BRACCIVS.PISANI.P.OPVS.N.PICININVS; sur le collier du griffon est inscrit PERV...; patine brune comportant des traces d'usure; percée d'un trou de suspension; fonte tardive Diamètre: 8,5 cm. (3 3/8 in.)
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AN ITALIAN PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY CIRCULAR BRONZE MEDALLION OF NICCOLO PICCININO
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