379, Lot: 566. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Padova. Alessandro da Bassano, Giovanni Cavino, and Marco Mantova Benavides. Artists and humanists, circa 1509-?, 1500-1570, and 1489-1582. Cast Æ Medal (36mm, 32.54 g, 12h). ‘Paduan’ medal. Later cast after Giovanni da Cavino. Conjoined draped busts right of Alessandro da Bassano and Giovanni da Cavino / Draped bust left of Marco Mantova Benavides. Johnson & Martini 1152-3; Pollard III, 764; Toderi Vannel Medaglie I, 930. VF, dark brown surfaces, pierced. Rare.