CNG 94, Lot: 2001. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Bracciano. Paolo Giordano II Orsini. 1615-1656. Æ Medal (33mm, 16.23 g, 12h). By Giovanni Cormano (Johann Jakob Kornmann). Dated 1621. PAVL • IORD • II • D G • ANG • C • BRACC • DVX • S R I • P, Bust right / (rosette) PLVUMB • P • INSVLARVM • ILVAE • PLAN • ET • ART • D, RELVCTANTE/FORTVNA/CORONATA/VIRTVS/ILLVSTRIOR (
With fortune resisting, a more distinguished virtue crowned) in five lines on tablet within scrolled frame. Middledorf –; Börner 1193/1099 (obv./rev.). EF, brown patina, traces of underlying red.