CNG 106, Lot: 1042. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Bologna. Virgilio Malvezzi. Died 1481. Æ Medal (81mm, 248.25 g, 1h). Later cast after Sperandio di Bartolommeo Savelli. Dated 1479 (in Roman numerals). VIRGILIVS MALVITIVS BONON PATRIÆ DE CVS ET LIBERTATIS CVSTOS, bust left, wearing cap / MCCCC XXVIIII, allegory of Vigilance: nude man seated right, holding sword, resting foot on sleeping dragon and overflowing coin bag; in exergue, OPVS SPERA(ND)EI. Pollard 100; Hill 383. VF, dark brown surfaces, some chasing.

From the RAJ Collection, purchased from P. Bosco, 2000.