Lot 111: [ ITALIAN MEDALS ]

ATTRIBUTED TO NICCOLÒ SPINELLI, called NICCOLÒ FIORENTINO (1430-1514) Roberto di Dante Castiglione (born c. 1464), bronze medal (c. 1492), ROBERTVS DANTIS CASTELLIONEN-SIS FLOREN, bust left, aged 28, rev., ISPERO IN DEO, Hope standing in attitude of prayer, gazing up at the sun; across field, AN XXVIII, 68mm (Hill 964; Armand I, 94, 5), edge and small area on the reverse filed down, otherwise a very fine contemporary cast in high relief and with brown patina

Provenance: Morton & Eden, 11-12 June 2008, lot 413.