439, Lot: 673. Estimate $400. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Milano. Giavanni Morone. Cardinal, 1542-1580. Gilt Cast Æ Medal (48mm, 33.26 g, 12h). Unsigned. Manufactured circa 1560s. IOANNES · CARDINALIS MORONVS, bust right, wearing biretta and
cuculla / ET TENEBRE EVM NON COMPEHENDERVNY, Rays descending from cloud inscribed VOX DE COELO; landscape below. Vannel-Toderi 308; Attwood 179. Good VF, marks, holed for suspension.
From the Virtus Collection. Ex Varesi 70 (19 April 2017), lot 178.