Partisan of Savonarola

439, Lot: 672. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Firenze. Fra Benedetto Tiezzi. Circa late 15th century-1531. Cast PB Medal (85.5mm, 423.30 g, 12h). After Niccolò Fiorentino. Manufactured circa 1500. BENEDICTVS THETIVS FLORIANEN, Bust right, wearing tonsure and cuculla; triangle stops / CVNCTA RITE ME DVCE, Minerva standing slightly right, holding book and shield decorated with gorgoneion set on ground. Hill 1088. Near VF, bluish-gray surfaces, some marks and edge bumps. Rare.

From the Virtus Collection.