Lot 117: Lysippus the Younger (c.1471-1484) Giovanni Alvise Toscani, bronze medal, 73mm., a good contemporary cast, brown patina, pierced at ...

Lysippus the Younger (c.1471-1484)
Giovanni Alvise Toscani, bronze medal, 73mm., a good contemporary cast, brown patina, pierced at 12 o'clock

Obverse: bust in profile to left, wearing round cap, IOHANNES ALOISIVS TVSCANVS ADVOCATVS

Reverse: PREVENIT AETATEM INGENIVM PRECOX in four lines in a wreath

Giovanni Alvise Toscani (c.1450-1478), jurist, orator, and poet, was a protégé of Francesco Sforza. He showed great promise at a very young age and went to Rome in 1468 where he was appointed consistorial advocate in 1473, his title on this medal, and auditor general in 1477.
References
Armand II, 28, 11; Bargello I, 179; Hill 812; Johnson-Martini 298-300; Kress 221; Morgenroth 820