TUDOR. Mary. 1553-1554. Æ Medal (65mm, 72.90 g, 12h). By Jacopo Nizzola da Trezzo. Later cast after a 1554 original. VF.Electronic Auction 574 British Medals, Bronze Sold For $ 200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TUDOR. Mary. 1553-1554. Æ Medal (65mm, 72.90 g, 12h). By Jacopo Nizzola da Trezzo. Later cast after a 1554 original. MARIA · I · REG · ANGL · FRANC · ET · HIB · FIDEI · DEFENSATRIX, half-length bust left / CECIS VISVS TIMIDIS QVIES, crowned figure of Pax seated slightly right on rocks assailed by waves, holding palm frond and olive branch and torch, setting weapons of war alight; to left, figures in supplication beneath tree; belvedere in background to right; and radiance above. Pollard 504; Attwood 80; Eimer 33. Brown surfaces, cast from a holed original. VF. |