Lot 123: [ ITALIAN MEDALS ]

LEONE LEONI (c. 1509-1590) Andrea Doria (1466-1560), Genoese admiral and statesman, bronze medal, c. 1541, ANDREAS DORIA, bust of Andrea Doria as Neptune, with trident at shoulder, wearing the order of the Golden Fleece, rev., draped bust of Leone Leoni right in a circle of shackles and chains, 43mm (Attwood 8; Armand I, 164, 8; Pollard 489 = Kress 430; Bargello 711), a very fine contemporary cast with brown patina

Provenance: Spink, 24 January 2008, lot 137.