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282, Lot: 530. Estimate $150.
Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice [Repubblica]). Faustina Bordoni, mezzo-soprano. 1697-1781. Cast Æ Medal (84mm, 164.85 g, 12h). Commemorating the Famous Singer. After G. Broccetti. [Dated 1723 in Roman numerals]. · FAVSTINA · · BORDONI ·, garlanded and draped bust right / · VNA · AVIS · IN · TERRIS · (the only songbird on earth), Polymnia seated facing on pile of musical instruments, head left, holding orb and trumpet; M[DCCXXIII] in exergue. Toderi & Vannel, Toscana 107; Niggl 379; Voltolina 1420. Good VF. An aftercast.