375, Lot: 800. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY. Lorenzino de’ Medici. 1514-1548. PB Medal (83mm, 239.30 g, 12h). On His Assassination of Alessandro de’ Medici, 6 January 1537. After Antonio Selvi. Manufactured circa 17th-18th centuries. LAVRENTIVS MED PET FRA FI (Lorenzino de’ Medici, the son of Pierfrancesco), bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust of Lorenzino right / Imitation of Brutus Eid Mar issue: pair of raised daggers flanking upturned pileus (liberty cap); above cap VIII ID IAN (6 January); tick stops in legend. V&T 284. EF, grayish green patina, lead gray highlights.

From the RBW Collection. Ex Kunst und Münzen FPL 70 (June 1995), no. 1398.