Lot 211: [ ITALIAN MEDALS ]

GIANPAOLO POGGINI (1518-c. 1582) Philip II (1527-1598), King of Spain from 1556, and Elizabeth de Valois (1545-1568), silver medal, PHILIPPVS II HISPAN ET NOVI ORBIS OCCIDVI REX, cuirassed bust left with ruff and mantle; signed below truncation I PAVL POG F, rev., ISABELLA REGINA PHILIPPI II HISPAN REGIS, bust of Elizabeth right in embroidered dress and high collar; signed below, I PAVL POG F, 38.5mm (Attwood 1085; Armand I, 239, 7; Bargello 405; Toderi/Vannel 1428; Betts 3, 5 var.), some marks, a very fine contemporary striking

Provenance: Peus auction, 341, 3 November 1994, lot 1509; John J. Ford Jnr. collection, part 13, Stack's, 16 January 2006, lot 663. The medal commemorates Philip's marriage to Elizabeth de Valois on 22 June 1559 and is a rarity when struck.