CNG 87, Lot: 2176. Estimate $300. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Vigevano. Gianfrancesco Trivulzio. 1518-1573. Cast Æ Medal (59mm, 71.22 g, 12h). By the school of L. Leoni. Dated
aged 39 (1548). IO · FRAN · TRI · MAR · VIG · CO · MVSO · AC · (VA)L · REN · (TE) · STOSA · D, draped and armored bust right / FVI SVM ET ERO (
I was, I am, and I will be), Fortune standing left upon dolphin swimming in tempestuous sea with drowning figures; above, two cherubim blowing wind upon the sea. Kress 360a; Armand II, 13. Good VF, pierced. A fine contemporary cast.