CNG 94, Lot: 2002. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Bracciano. Paolo Giordano II Orsini. 1615-1656. AR Medal (33mm, 15.71 g, 12h). By Giovanni Cormano (Johann Jakob Kornmann). Dated 1635. PAVLVS • IORD • VRSINVS • II • BRACC • DVX • P • P, Bust right / D • G • ANG • COM S • R • I • PRINC •, semi-nude Fortuna, seen from behind, standing slightly right on ground line, head left with hair blowing left, holding wheel set on ground, and drapery blowing about her; above, clouds inscribed ET • SINE • TE • (
and without Thee). Cf. Middledorf 49/51 (obv./rev., but in bronze; same dies); Börner 1101. EF, toned, small die break in right field of reverse. Collection number “155” in India ink on obverse. Rare.