The Birth of Italian Medals

CNG 87, Lot: 2170. Estimate $500. Sold for $1666. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Padova. Francesco II Novello da Carrara. 1388-1405. Cast Æ Medal (70mm, 168.90 g, 12h). Padova (Padua) mint. Dually-dated 1390 and 1406 in Roman numerals, though most likely a 16th century aftercast. · FRANCISCVS IVNIOR DE CARR · VIII · PATAVII · D · ANN · MCCCXC, togate bust left / · NECAT · AN MCCCC VI · DIE XIX IAN · (he died on the 19th day of January in the year 1406), helmeted and mantled coat-of-arms. Hill 1238; Börner 437. VF, attractive brown patina. An early aftercast.